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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 18, 2000· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2000-0271

CVE-2000-0271

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 products

7
  • GNU/Emacs7 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

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