CVE-2023-27986 :: Enginsight Vulnerability Database

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
NIST	Primary	7.8 HIGH	LOCAL	LOW	NONE	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA-ADP	ADP	7.8 HIGH	LOCAL	LOW	NONE	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: 20%

Affected Products (NVD)

Vendor	Product	Version
gnu	emacs	28.1 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 28.2

𝑥

= Vulnerable software versions

Debian Releases

Debian Product

Codename

emacs

bookworm	1:28.2+1-15+deb12u3 fixed
bookworm (security)	1:28.2+1-15+deb12u3 fixed
bullseye	1:27.1+1-3.1+deb11u5 not-affected
bullseye (security)	1:27.1+1-3.1+deb11u5 fixed
buster	not-affected
sid	1:29.4+1-4 fixed
trixie	1:29.4+1-4 fixed

Ubuntu Releases

Ubuntu Product

Codename

emacs

bionic	dne
focal	not-affected
jammy	not-affected
kinetic	not-affected
lunar	ignored
mantic	ignored
noble	not-affected
oracular	not-affected
trusty	ignored
xenial	ignored

emacs23

bionic	dne
focal	dne
jammy	dne
kinetic	dne
trusty	ignored
xenial	dne

emacs24

bionic	dne
focal	dne
jammy	dne
kinetic	dne
trusty	ignored
xenial	not-affected

emacs25

bionic	not-affected
focal	dne
jammy	dne
kinetic	dne
trusty	dne
xenial	dne

xemacs21

bionic	needs-triage
focal	needs-triage
jammy	needs-triage
kinetic	ignored
lunar	ignored
mantic	ignored
noble	needs-triage
oracular	needs-triage
trusty	ignored
xenial	needs-triage

xemacs21-packages

bionic	needs-triage
focal	needs-triage
jammy	needs-triage
kinetic	ignored
lunar	ignored
mantic	ignored
noble	needs-triage
oracular	needs-triage
trusty	ignored
xenial	needs-triage

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
The software constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

References

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-29&id=3c1693d08b0a71d40a77e7b40c0ebc42dca2d2cc

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/09/1

https://www.gabriel.urdhr.fr/2023/06/08/emacsclient-mail-shell-elisp-injections/

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/08/2

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-29&id=3c1693d08b0a71d40a77e7b40c0ebc42dca2d2cc

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/09/1

https://www.gabriel.urdhr.fr/2023/06/08/emacsclient-mail-shell-elisp-injections/

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/08/2