CVE-2023-2491CWE-77

A flaw was found in the Emacs text editor

High · published May 17, 2023

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
39.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A flaw was found in the Emacs text editor. Processing a specially crafted org-mode code with the "org-babel-execute:latex" function in ob-latex.el can result in arbitrary command execution. This CVE exists because of a CVE-2023-28617 security regression for the emacs package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00461 · 39.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-77 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
Published
2023-05-17T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 MAY 00:00Z
    A flaw was found in the Emacs text editor
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