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CVE-2017-14482

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).

Published

2017-09-14T16:29:00.250

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	emacs	≤ 25.2	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3975 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/11/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2771 ([email protected])
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=28350 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-25&id=9ad0fcc54442a9a01d41be19880250783426db70 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-07 ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3970 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/index.html#Releases Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3975 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/11/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2771 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=28350 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-25&id=9ad0fcc54442a9a01d41be19880250783426db70 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-07 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3970 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/index.html#Releases Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)