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CVE-2023-27986

emacsclient-mail.desktop in Emacs 28.1 through 28.2 is vulnerable to Emacs Lisp code injections through a crafted mailto: URI with unescaped double-quote characters. It is fixed in 29.0.90.

Published

2023-03-09T06:15:33.187

Last Modified

2025-03-05T18:15:35.673

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-94
Type: Secondary
CWE-94

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=3c1693d08b0a71d40a77e7b40c0ebc42dca2d2cc Issue Tracking, Patch ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/09/1 Mailing List, 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=3c1693d08b0a71d40a77e7b40c0ebc42dca2d2cc 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://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)