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Improper Input Validation Affecting emacs-common package, versions <1:24.3-20.el7_4

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.11% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-EMACSCOMMON-5148573
  • 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?

Upgrade RHEL:7 emacs-common to version 1:24.3-20.el7_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:2771.

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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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).