CVE-2001-1301: GNU Emacs

Low severity, CVSS 1.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

rcs2log, as used in Emacs 20.4, xemacs 21.1.10 and other versions before 21.4, and possibly other packages, allows local users to modify files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Affected products

• GNU Emacs: version 20.4 only
• Xemacs Xemacs: version 21.1.10 only

Published 2001-08-07. Last modified 2026-06-16.