usn-7375-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-03-27 00:41
Modified
2026-06-25 10:46
Summary
org-mode vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that Org Mode did not correctly handle filenames containing shell metacharacters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-28617)

It was discovered that Org Mode could run untrusted code left in its buffer. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-30202)

It was discovered that Org Mode did not correctly handle the contents of remote files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-30205)

It was discovered that Org Mode could be made to run arbitrary Elisp code. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-39331)

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  "details": "It was discovered that Org Mode did not correctly handle filenames\ncontaining shell metacharacters. An attacker could possibly use this issue\nto cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-28617)\n\nIt was discovered that Org Mode could run untrusted code left in its\nbuffer. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of\nservice or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-30202)\n\nIt was discovered that Org Mode did not correctly handle the contents of\nremote files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial\nof service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2024-30205)\n\nIt was discovered that Org Mode could be made to run arbitrary Elisp code.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or\nexecute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-39331)\n",
  "id": "USN-7375-1",
  "modified": "2026-06-25T10:46:42Z",
  "published": "2025-03-27T00:41:50Z",
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "org-mode vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28617",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-30202",
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}



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