Bug 2176823 (CVE-2023-27985) - CVE-2023-27985 emacs: Shell command injection via a crafted mailto URI
Summary: CVE-2023-27985 emacs: Shell command injection via a crafted mailto URI
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2023-27985
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2176826
Blocks: 2176475
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-03-09 12:18 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2023-03-20 20:05 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2023-03-09 16:25:16 UTC
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2023-03-09 12:18:48 UTC 
emacsclient-mail.desktop in Emacs 28.1 through 28.2 is vulnerable to shell command injections through a crafted mailto: URI. This is related to lack of compliance with the Desktop Entry Specification.

References:
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=60204
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/08/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/09/1

Upstream patch:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-29&id=d32091199ae5de590a83f1542a01d75fba000467
Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-03-09 12:32:03 UTC 
Created emacs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2176826]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-03-09 16:25:14 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-27985
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