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Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-09-14 16:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:06
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3975
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/11/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2771
cve@mitre.orghttps://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=28350Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-25&id=9ad0fcc54442a9a01d41be19880250783426db70Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-07
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3970Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/index.html#ReleasesRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3975
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/11/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2771
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=28350Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-25&id=9ad0fcc54442a9a01d41be19880250783426db70Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-07
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3970Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/index.html#ReleasesRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu emacs *
debian debian_linux 8.0
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      "value": "GNU Emacs en versiones anteriores a la 25.3 permite que atacantes remotos ejecuten c\u00f3digo arbitrario por email con datos \"Content-Type: text/enriched\" manipulados que contienen un elemento x-display XML que especifica la ejecuci\u00f3n de comandos shell. Esto est\u00e1 relacionado con una extensi\u00f3n text/enriched no segura en lisp/textmodes/enriched.el, as\u00ed como con un soporte Gnus inseguro para objetos MIME \"enriched\" y \"richtext\" en lisp/gnus/mm-view.el. Concretamente, es posible que un usuario de Emacs quede comprometido instant\u00e1neamente leyendo un mensaje de correo electr\u00f3nico manipulado (o un art\u00edculo de noticias de Usenet)."
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