CVE-2000-0271

Medium CVSS 4.6

Published 2000-04-18 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0271, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

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.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0271

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P