OS Command Injection Affecting emacs package, versions <1:27.1+1-3.1+deb11u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.63% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-EMACS-3149922
  • published28 Nov 2022
  • disclosed28 Nov 2022

Introduced: 28 Nov 2022

CVE-2022-45939  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 emacs to version 1:27.1+1-3.1+deb11u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream emacs package and not the emacs package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

GNU Emacs through 28.2 allows attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a source-code file, because lib-src/etags.c uses the system C library function in its implementation of the ctags program. For example, a victim may use the "ctags *" command (suggested in the ctags documentation) in a situation where the current working directory has contents that depend on untrusted input.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1