vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2017-14482: Important: emacs security update (RHSA-2017:2771)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Sep 14, 2017 | Oct 4, 2017 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 14, 2017
Added
Oct 4, 2017
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
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).
Solutions
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-emacsredhat-upgrade-emacs-commonredhat-upgrade-emacs-debuginforedhat-upgrade-emacs-elredhat-upgrade-emacs-filesystemredhat-upgrade-emacs-noxredhat-upgrade-emacs-terminal
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