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CVE-2023-27985

emacsclient-mail.desktop in Emacs 28.1 through 28.2 is vulnerable to shell command injections through a crafted mailto: URI. This is related to lack of compliance with the Desktop Entry Specification. It is fixed in 29.0.90

Published

2023-03-09T06:15:32.987

Last Modified

2025-03-05T17:15:12.623

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-78
Type: Secondary
CWE-78

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	emacs	≤ 28.2	Yes

References

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-29&id=d32091199ae5de590a83f1542a01d75fba000467 Issue Tracking, Patch ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/09/1 Mailing List, Patch ([email protected])
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=60204 Issue Tracking, Patch ([email protected])
https://www.gabriel.urdhr.fr/2023/06/08/emacsclient-mail-shell-elisp-injections/ ([email protected])
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/08/2 Mailing List, Patch ([email protected])
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-29&id=d32091199ae5de590a83f1542a01d75fba000467 Issue Tracking, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/09/1 Mailing List, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=60204 Issue Tracking, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.gabriel.urdhr.fr/2023/06/08/emacsclient-mail-shell-elisp-injections/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/08/2 Mailing List, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)