Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting emacs package, versions <1:28.2+1-11


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-EMACS-3326670
  • published21 Feb 2023
  • disclosed20 Feb 2023

Introduced: 20 Feb 2023

CVE-2022-48338  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable emacs to version 1:28.2+1-11 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in GNU Emacs through 28.2. In ruby-mode.el, the ruby-find-library-file function has a local command injection vulnerability. The ruby-find-library-file function is an interactive function, and bound to C-c C-f. Inside the function, the external command gem is called through shell-command-to-string, but the feature-name parameters are not escaped. Thus, malicious Ruby source files may cause commands to be executed.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1