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Total 28 CVE
CVE Vendors Products Updated CVSS v2 CVSS v3
CVE-2023-27986 1 Gnu 1 Emacs 2023-03-21 N/A 7.8 HIGH
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.
CVE-2023-27985 1 Gnu 1 Emacs 2023-03-21 N/A 7.8 HIGH
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.
CVE-2022-48339 1 Gnu 1 Emacs 2023-03-03 N/A 7.8 HIGH
An issue was discovered in GNU Emacs through 28.2. htmlfontify.el has a command injection vulnerability. In the hfy-istext-command function, the parameter file and parameter srcdir come from external input, and parameters are not escaped. If a file name or directory name contains shell metacharacters, code may be executed.
CVE-2022-48338 1 Gnu 1 Emacs 2023-03-03 N/A 7.3 HIGH
An issue was discovered in GNU Emacs through 28.2. In ruby-mode.el, the ruby-find-library-file function has a local command injection vulnerability. The ruby-find-library-file function is an interactive function, and bound to C-c C-f. Inside the function, the external command gem is called through shell-command-to-string, but the feature-name parameters are not escaped. Thus, malicious Ruby source files may cause commands to be executed.
CVE-2022-48337 2 Debian, Gnu 2 Debian Linux, Emacs 2023-03-02 N/A 9.8 CRITICAL
GNU Emacs through 28.2 allows attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a source-code file, because lib-src/etags.c uses the system C library function in its implementation of the etags program. For example, a victim may use the "etags -u *" command (suggested in the etags documentation) in a situation where the current working directory has contents that depend on untrusted input.
CVE-2022-45939 3 Debian, Fedoraproject, Gnu 3 Debian Linux, Fedora, Emacs 2023-03-01 N/A 7.8 HIGH
GNU Emacs through 28.2 allows attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a source-code file, because lib-src/etags.c uses the system C library function in its implementation of the ctags program. For example, a victim may use the "ctags *" command (suggested in the ctags documentation) in a situation where the current working directory has contents that depend on untrusted input.
CVE-2017-14482 2 Debian, Gnu 2 Debian Linux, Emacs 2019-10-02 6.8 MEDIUM 8.8 HIGH
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).
CVE-2012-0035 2 Eric M Ludlam, Gnu 2 Cedet, Emacs 2018-12-07 9.3 HIGH N/A
Untrusted search path vulnerability in EDE in CEDET before 1.0.1, as used in GNU Emacs before 23.4 and other products, allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted Lisp expression in a Project.ede file in the directory, or a parent directory, of an opened file.
CVE-2005-0100 1 Gnu 2 Emacs, Xemacs 2018-10-19 7.5 HIGH N/A
Format string vulnerability in the movemail utility in (1) Emacs 20.x, 21.3, and possibly other versions, and (2) XEmacs 21.4 and earlier, allows remote malicious POP3 servers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packets.
CVE-2008-2142 1 Gnu 2 Emacs, Xemacs 2018-10-11 6.8 MEDIUM N/A
Emacs 21 and XEmacs automatically load and execute .flc (fast lock) files that are associated with other files that are edited within Emacs, which allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code.
CVE-2008-1694 1 Gnu 2 Emacs, Sccs 2018-10-03 4.6 MEDIUM N/A
vcdiff in Emacs 20.7 to 22.1.50, when used with SCCS, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
CVE-2007-6109 1 Gnu 1 Emacs 2018-10-03 10.0 HIGH N/A
Stack-based buffer overflow in emacs allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a large precision value in an integer format string specifier to the format function, as demonstrated via a certain "emacs -batch -eval" command line.
CVE-2017-1000383 1 Gnu 1 Emacs 2017-11-27 2.1 LOW 5.5 MEDIUM
GNU Emacs version 25.3.1 (and other versions most likely) ignores umask when creating a backup save file ("[ORIGINAL_FILENAME]~") resulting in files that may be world readable or otherwise accessible in ways not intended by the user running the emacs binary.
CVE-2014-9483 1 Gnu 1 Emacs 2017-09-07 5.0 MEDIUM 7.5 HIGH
Emacs 24.4 allows remote attackers to bypass security restrictions.
CVE-2010-0825 1 Gnu 1 Emacs 2017-08-16 4.4 MEDIUM N/A
lib-src/movemail.c in movemail in emacs 22 and 23 allows local users to read, modify, or delete arbitrary mailbox files via a symlink attack, related to improper file-permission checks.
CVE-2007-5795 2 Debian, Gnu 2 Debian Linux, Emacs 2017-07-28 6.3 MEDIUM N/A
The hack-local-variables function in Emacs before 22.2, when enable-local-variables is set to :safe, does not properly search lists of unsafe or risky variables, which might allow user-assisted attackers to bypass intended restrictions and modify critical program variables via a file containing a Local variables declaration.
CVE-2014-3424 2 Gnu, Mageia Project 2 Emacs, Mageia 2016-06-30 3.3 LOW N/A
lisp/net/tramp-sh.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/tramp.##### temporary file.
CVE-2014-3423 2 Gnu, Mageia Project 2 Emacs, Mageia 2016-06-30 3.3 LOW N/A
lisp/net/browse-url.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/Mosaic.##### temporary file.
CVE-2014-3422 2 Gnu, Mageia Project 2 Emacs, Mageia 2016-06-30 3.3 LOW N/A
lisp/emacs-lisp/find-gc.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file under /tmp/esrc/.
CVE-2014-3421 2 Gnu, Mageia Project 2 Emacs, Mageia 2016-06-30 3.3 LOW N/A
lisp/gnus/gnus-fun.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/gnus.face.ppm temporary file.