CVE-2023-27985
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-03-09 00:00
Modified
2024-08-02 12:23
Severity ?
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-29&id=d32091199ae5de590a83f1542a01d75fba000467Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/09/1Mailing List, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=60204Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.gabriel.urdhr.fr/2023/06/08/emacsclient-mail-shell-elisp-injections/
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/08/2Mailing List, Patch
Impacted products
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