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Improper Input Validation Affecting emacs-el package, versions *

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.04% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-EMACSEL-1981574
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed4 Sept 2017
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Introduced: 4 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-14482  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 emacs-el.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream emacs-el package and not the emacs-el package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

GNU 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).