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CVE-2017-14482
GNU Emacs before 25.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via email with crafted "Content-Type: text/enriched" data…
High8.8EPSS 4.0%
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- mitre
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).
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.0% · top 9.4% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
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Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (8)
- DSA-3975 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-25&id=9ad0fcc54442a9a01d41be19880250783426db70 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3970 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- GLSA-201801-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2771 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/index.html#Releases (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/11/1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=28350 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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