Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Affecting emacs-terminal package, versions <1:24.3-23.el7_9.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-EMACSTERMINAL-5670998
  • published16 May 2023
  • disclosed20 Feb 2023

Introduced: 20 Feb 2023

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 emacs-terminal to version 1:24.3-23.el7_9.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2023-3481.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream emacs-terminal package and not the emacs-terminal package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 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 Scores

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