CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-14482
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-09-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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).
Affected configurations
• gnu emacs (<= 25.2)
• debian debian linux 8.0
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3975 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/11/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2771 access.redhat.com
- https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=28350 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-25&id=9ad0fcc54442a9a01d41be19880250783426db70 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-07 security.gentoo.org
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3970 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/index.html#Releases Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3975 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/11/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2771 access.redhat.com
- https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=28350 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-25&id=9ad0fcc54442a9a01d41be19880250783426db70 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-07 security.gentoo.org
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3970 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/index.html#Releases Release Notes, Vendor Advisory