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CVE-2023-2491
published 2023-05-17

CVE-2023-2491: A flaw was found in the Emacs text editor. Processing a specially crafted org-mode code with the "org-babel-execute:latex" function in ob-latex.el can result…

PriorityP345high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.46%
37.1th percentile
A flaw was found in the Emacs text editor. Processing a specially crafted org-mode code with the "org-babel-execute:latex" function in ob-latex.el can result in arbitrary command execution. This CVE exists because of a CVE-2023-28617 security regression for the emacs package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2.

Affected

11 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianemacs
gnuemacs
gnuemacs
gnuemacs
redhatenterprise_linux
redhatenterprise_linux
redhatenterprise_linux_eus
redhatenterprise_linux_eus
redhatenterprise_linux_server_aus
redhatenterprise_linux_server_aus
redhatenterprise_linux_server_tus

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vendor_debian7.8LOW
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
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