Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Affecting emacs-common package, versions <1:27.2-8.el9_2.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX9-EMACSCOMMON-5636412
  • published28 May 2023
  • disclosed9 May 2023

Introduced: 9 May 2023

CVE-2022-48339  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-116  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 emacs-common to version 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2023:2626.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream emacs-common package and not the emacs-common package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in GNU Emacs through 28.2. htmlfontify.el has a command injection vulnerability. In the hfy-istext-command function, the parameter file and parameter srcdir come from external input, and parameters are not escaped. If a file name or directory name contains shell metacharacters, code may be executed.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1