CVE-2017-14482

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-14482
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-14 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionGNU Emacs before 25.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via email with crafted "Content-Type: text/enriched" data containing an x-display XML element that specifies execution of shell commands, related to an unsafe text/enriched extension in lisp/textmodes/enriched.el, and unsafe Gnus support for enriched and richtext inline MIME objects in lisp/gnus/mm-view.el. In particular, an Emacs user can be instantly compromised by reading a crafted email message (or Usenet news article).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#28350 - CVE-2017-14482: enriched.el code execution - GNU bug report logs CONFIRM debbugs.gnu.org Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
emacs.git - Emacs source repository CONFIRM git.savannah.gnu.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
GNU Emacs - GNU Project CONFIRM www.gnu.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3970-1 emacs24 DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - GNU Emacs 25.2 enriched text remote code execution CONFIRM www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3975-1 emacs25 DEBIAN www.debian.org
GNU Emacs: Command injection (GLSA 201801-07) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378266 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for emacs-common (VZLSA-2017:2771)
  • 710316 Gentoo Linux GNU Emacs Command injection Vulnerability (GLSA 201801-07)
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