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CVE-2023-2491

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.

Published

2023-05-17T22:15:10.997

Last Modified

2025-01-22T19:15:09.470

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-77
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-77
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application gnu emacs 26.1-9.el8 Yes
Application gnu emacs 27.2-8.el9 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 8.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 9.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_eus 8.8 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_eus 9.2 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 8.8 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 9.2 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 8.8 Yes
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