CVE-2023-27986

emacs: emacsclient-mail.desktop in Emacs 28.1 through 28.2 is vulnerable to Emacs Lisp code injections through a crafted mai...

CVE-2023-27986 is fixed in 12 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2023-27986, released March 9, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.8
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0047
41st percentile

emacsclient-mail.desktop in Emacs 28.1 through 28.2 is vulnerable to Emacs Lisp code injections through a crafted mailto: URI with unescaped double-quote characters. It is fixed in 29.0.90.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
emacs · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 1:28.2+1-13 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-27986 Mar 9, 2023
emacs · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 1:28.2+1-13 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-27986 Mar 9, 2023
emacs · Debian 14 1:28.2+1-13 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-27986 Mar 9, 2023
emacs · amzn 2023 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-134 Mar 20, 2023
emacs-common · amzn 2023 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-134 Mar 20, 2023
emacs-common-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-134 Mar 20, 2023
emacs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-134 Mar 20, 2023
emacs-debugsource · amzn 2023 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-134 Mar 20, 2023
emacs-devel · amzn 2023 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-134 Mar 20, 2023
emacs-filesystem · amzn 2023 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-134 Mar 20, 2023
emacs-lucid · amzn 2023 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-134 Mar 20, 2023
emacs-lucid-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-134 Mar 20, 2023
emacs-nox · amzn 2023 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-134 Mar 20, 2023
emacs-nox-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-134 Mar 20, 2023
emacs-terminal · amzn 2023 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-134 Mar 20, 2023

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