CVE-2017-14482 Information

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).

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

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 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-07 https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3970 https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/index.htmlReleases

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8