CVE-2023-27985

HIGH

Emacs 28.1-28.2 - OS Command Injection via Crafted mailto: URI

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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. It is fixed in 29.0.90

References (5)

Core 5

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 32.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-78
Status published
Products (1)
gnu/emacs 28.1 - 28.2
Published Mar 09, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026