CVE-2023-27985

Summary

CVECVE-2023-27985
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-03-09 06:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-06-09 07:15:00 UTC
Descriptionemacsclient-mail.desktop in Emacs 28.1 through 28.2 is vulnerable to shell command injections through a crafted mailto: URI. This is related to lack of compliance with the Desktop Entry Specification. It is fixed in 29.0.90

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Emacs All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Shell command and Emacs Lisp injection in emacsclient-mail.desktop - /dev/posts/ MISC www.gabriel.urdhr.fr
oss-security - Shell command and Emacs Lisp code injection in emacsclient-mail.desktop MISC www.openwall.com
emacs.git - Emacs source repository MISC git.savannah.gnu.org
oss-security - Re: Shell command and Emacs Lisp code injection in emacsclient-mail.desktop MLIST www.openwall.com
#60204 - 28.2; Invalid Exec key in etc/emacsclient-mail.desktop - GNU bug report logs MISC debbugs.gnu.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 183175 Debian Security Update for emacs (CVE-2023-27985)
  • 355108 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for emacs : ALAS2023-2023-134
  • 502848 Alpine Linux Security Update for emacs
  • 503181 Alpine Linux Security Update for emacs
  • 506041 Alpine Linux Security Update for emacs
  • 906645 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for emacs (25581-3)
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