vulnerability

Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2023-27985: Important priority package update for emacs

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Mar 8, 2023
Added
Feb 17, 2025
Modified
Jul 4, 2025

Description

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
A flaw was found in the Emacs text editor. When opened with emacsclient-mail.desktop, a crafted mailto URI can result in shell command injection due to lack of compliance with the Desktop Entry Specification.

Solutions

amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-emacsamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-emacs-commonamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-emacs-common-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-emacs-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-emacs-debugsourceamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-emacs-develamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-emacs-filesystemamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-emacs-lucidamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-emacs-lucid-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-emacs-noxamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-emacs-nox-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-emacs-terminal
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