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.
Published: 2000-04-26
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2000-0270 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:14:20.581Z

Reserved: 2000-04-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0271

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-04-18T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-0271

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