CVE-2000-0271 | BDVDB-2026-1110 Detail

Description#

read-passwd and other Lisp functions in Emacs 20 do not properly clear the history of recently typed keys, which allows an attacker to read unencrypted passwords.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-04-15&msg=tg4s8zioxq.fsf%40mercury.rus.uni-stuttgart.de
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1125

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12000-04-26Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-08Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.