CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-2491

7.8 HIGH Published 2023-05-17 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-05-17
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-77

Description

A flaw was found in the Emacs text editor. Processing a specially crafted org-mode code with the "org-babel-execute:latex" function in ob-latex.el can result in arbitrary command execution. This CVE exists because of a CVE-2023-28617 security regression for the emacs package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2.

Affected configurations

• gnu emacs 26.1-9.el8 • gnu emacs 27.2-8.el9 • redhat enterprise linux 8.0 • redhat enterprise linux 9.0 • redhat enterprise linux eus 8.8 • redhat enterprise linux eus 9.2 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 8.8 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 9.2 • redhat enterprise linux server tus 8.8

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command weakness

References