CVE-2017-14482

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnu
Status
Emacs
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 September 2017

Summary

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).

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3975
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=ema...
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3970
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN

EPSS Score

3% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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