CVE-2017-14482

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation9 documents7 sources
Severity
8.8HIGH
EPSS
4.6%
top 10.78%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
GNU EmacsDebian Debian Linux
Timeline
PublishedSep 14
Latest updateMay 13

Description

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).

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Ubuntuemacs24< 24.3+1-2ubuntu1.1+1
▶NVDgnu/emacs25.2

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: debbugs.gnu.org ↗Patch: git.savannah.gnu.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-2v7h-5r83-vh8r: GNU Emacs before 25↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2017-14482: GNU Emacs before 25↗2017-09-14
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OSV
CVE-2017-14482: GNU Emacs before 25↗2017-09-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Emacs vulnerability↗2017-09-21
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Ubuntu
Emacs vulnerability↗2017-09-21
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Red Hat
emacs: command injection flaw within "enriched mode" handling↗2017-09-04
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-14482 emacs: Unsafe enriched mode translations [fedora-all]↗2017-09-11
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-14482 emacs: command injection flaw within "enriched mode" handling↗2017-09-11
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CVE-2017-14482 (HIGH CVSS 8.8) | GNU Emacs before 25.3 allows remote | cvebase.io