--- title: "CVE-2007-5795\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-5795?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2007-5795 Publication date 2 November 2007 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Low** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The hack-local-variables function in Emacs before 22.2, when enable-local-variables is set to :safe, does not properly search lists of unsafe or risky variables, which might allow user-assisted attackers to bypass intended restrictions and modify critical program variables via a file containing a Local variables declaration. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | emacs21 | 7.10 gutsy | Not affected | | 7.04 feisty | Not affected | | 6.10 edgy | Not affected | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected | | emacs22 | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 22.1-0ubuntu5.1 | | 7.04 feisty | Not in release | | 6.10 edgy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5795) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5795) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-5795) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5795) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-541-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-541-1) + Emacs vulnerability + 13 November 2007 ### Other references *