github - ghsa-f5fq-43fc-vgcr

ghsa-f5fq-43fc-vgcr

Vulnerability from github

Published

2023-03-09 06:30

Modified

2025-03-05 18:32

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

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.

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  "modified": "2025-03-05T18:32:02Z",
  "published": "2023-03-09T06:30:21Z",
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CVE-2023-27985 (GCVE-0-2023-27985)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2023-03-09 00:00

Modified

2025-03-05 16:57

Severity ?

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

n/a

Summary

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

URL

Tags

	https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/08/2
	http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-29&id=d32091199ae5de590a83f1542a01d75fba000467
	https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=60204
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/09/1	mailing-list
	https://www.gabriel.urdhr.fr/2023/06/08/emacsclient-mail-shell-elisp-injections/

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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