Bug 2280295 (CVE-2024-30202)

Summary: CVE-2024-30202 emacs: arbitrary Lisp code is evaluated as part of turning on Org mode
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Rohit Keshri <rkeshri>
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A flaw was found in Emacs. Arbitrary Lisp code can be evaluated when an Org mode file is opened or when the Org mode is being enabled, resulting in arbitrary code execution.
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Bug Depends On: 2280302    
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Description Rohit Keshri 2024-05-14 03:50:38 UTC 
In Emacs before 29.3, arbitrary Lisp code is evaluated as part of turning on Org mode. This affects Org Mode before 9.6.23.

References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/25/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/08/6
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS?h=emacs-29

Upstream patches:
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-29&id=befa9fcaae29a6c9a283ba371c3c5234c7f644eb
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/?id=003ddacf1c8d869b1858181c29ea21b731a8d8d9
Comment 1 Rohit Keshri 2024-05-14 04:08:08 UTC 
Created emacs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2280302]