CVSS 3.0
8.8 highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2017-14482
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).
Severity
- EPSS
- 4.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 90% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- debian:debian_linux
- gnu:emacs
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3975
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/11/1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2771
- https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=28350
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-25&id=9ad0fcc54442a9a01d41be19880250783426db70