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CVE-2000-0271

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.6 Published: 2000-04-18 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Gnu Emacs

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References