CVE-2017-14482 | BDVDB-2026-90481 Detail
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).
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3975
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-25&id=9ad0fcc54442a9a01d41be19880250783426db70
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3970
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-07
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2771
- https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/index.html#Releases
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/11/1
- https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=28350
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.