CVE-2022-48338

emacs: GNU Emacs is a powerful, customizable, self-documenting text editor

CVE-2022-48338 is fixed in 15 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48338, released February 20, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.3
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0164
76th percentile

GNU Emacs is a powerful, customizable, self-documenting text editor. It provides special code editing features, a scripting language (elisp), and the capability to read e-mail and news. Security Fix(es): * emacs: Regression of CVE-2023-28617 fixes in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (CVE-2023-2491) * emacs: command execution via shell metacharacters (CVE-2022-48337) * emacs: local command injection in ruby-mode.el (CVE-2022-48338) * emacs: command injection vulnerability in htmlfontify.el (CVE-2022-48339) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
emacs · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 1:28.2+1-11 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48338 Feb 20, 2023
emacs · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 1:28.2+1-11 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48338 Feb 20, 2023
emacs · Debian 14 1:28.2+1-11 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48338 Feb 20, 2023
emacs · RHEL 9 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 RHSA-2023:2626 May 9, 2023
emacs · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 emacs 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 Jun 23, 2024
emacs · almalinux 9 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 ALSA-2023:2626 May 9, 2023
emacs · amzn 2023 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2023-122 Mar 6, 2023
emacs · ol 9 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 ELSA-2023-2626 May 17, 2023
emacs-bin-common · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 emacs-bin-common 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 Jun 23, 2024
emacs-common · RHEL 9 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 RHSA-2023:2626 May 9, 2023
emacs-common · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 emacs-common 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 Jun 23, 2024
emacs-common · almalinux 9 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 ALSA-2023:2626 May 9, 2023
emacs-common · amzn 2023 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2023-122 Mar 6, 2023
emacs-common · ol 9 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 ELSA-2023-2626 May 17, 2023
emacs-common-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2023-122 Mar 6, 2023
emacs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2023-122 Mar 6, 2023
emacs-debugsource · amzn 2023 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2023-122 Mar 6, 2023
emacs-devel · amzn 2023 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2023-122 Mar 6, 2023
emacs-el · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 emacs-el 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 Jun 23, 2024
emacs-filesystem · RHEL 9 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 RHSA-2023:2626 May 9, 2023
emacs-filesystem · almalinux 9 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 ALSA-2023:2626 May 9, 2023
emacs-filesystem · amzn 2023 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2023-122 Mar 6, 2023
emacs-filesystem · ol 9 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 ELSA-2023-2626 May 17, 2023
emacs-gtk · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 emacs-gtk 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 Jun 23, 2024
emacs-lucid · RHEL 9 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 RHSA-2023:2626 May 9, 2023
emacs-lucid · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 emacs-lucid 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 Jun 23, 2024
emacs-lucid · almalinux 9 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 ALSA-2023:2626 May 9, 2023
emacs-lucid · amzn 2023 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2023-122 Mar 6, 2023
emacs-lucid · ol 9 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 ELSA-2023-2626 May 17, 2023
emacs-lucid-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2023-122 Mar 6, 2023
emacs-nox · RHEL 9 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 RHSA-2023:2626 May 9, 2023
emacs-nox · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 emacs-nox 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 Jun 23, 2024
emacs-nox · almalinux 9 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 ALSA-2023:2626 May 9, 2023
emacs-nox · amzn 2023 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2023-122 Mar 6, 2023
emacs-nox · ol 9 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 ELSA-2023-2626 May 17, 2023
emacs-nox-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2023-122 Mar 6, 2023
emacs-terminal · amzn 2023 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2023-122 Mar 6, 2023

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