Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting emacs package, versions [28.1,28.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.09% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-EMACS-3358119
  • published9 Mar 2023
  • disclosed8 Mar 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Mar 2023

CVE-2023-27985  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade emacs to version 28.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via a crafted mailto URI through emacsclient-mail.desktop due to a lack of compliance with the Desktop Entry Specification.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1