CVE-2023-27985

high

Description

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

References

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/08/2

https://www.gabriel.urdhr.fr/2023/06/08/emacsclient-mail-shell-elisp-injections/

https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=60204

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/09/1

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-29&id=d32091199ae5de590a83f1542a01d75fba000467

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-03-09

Updated: 2023-06-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H