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HistoryMar 15, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

Emacs vulnerability

2023-03-1500:00:00
ubuntu.com
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emacs
htmlfontify
vulnerability
ubuntu
denial of service
arbitrary commands

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

9.2

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

30.2%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

  • emacs24 - GNU Emacs editor

Details

It was discovered that Emacs did not properly manage certain files when
using htmlfontify functionality. A local attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary commands.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu16.04noarchemacs24<ย 24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchemacs24<ย 24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchemacs24-bin-common<ย 24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchemacs24-bin-common-dbgsym<ย 24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchemacs24-common<ย 24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchemacs24-dbg<ย 24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchemacs24-dbgsym<ย 24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchemacs24-el<ย 24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchemacs24-lucid<ย 24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchemacs24-lucid-dbg<ย 24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
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CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

9.2

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

30.2%