CVE-2017-14482
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 14, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 14, 2017
Description
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).
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- DSA-3975vendor-advisory
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-25&id=9ad0fcc54442a9a01d41be19880250783426db70
- DSA-3970vendor-advisory
- GLSA-201801-07vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2017:2771vendor-advisory
- https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/index.html#Releases
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/11/1
- https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=28350
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