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CVE-2023-2491

Published: 17 May 2023

A flaw was found in the Emacs text editor. Processing a specially crafted org-mode code with the "org-babel-execute:latex" function in ob-latex.el can result in arbitrary command execution. This CVE exists because of a CVE-2023-28617 security regression for the emacs package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2.

Notes

AuthorNote
rodrigo-zaiden
CVE-2023-28617 regression for Red Hat systems only.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
emacs
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
jammy Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
lunar Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Not vulnerable
(debian: Red Hat specific security regression from CVE-2023-28617 patches)
xenial Ignored
(end of standard support)
emacs23
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
xenial Does not exist

emacs24
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
xenial Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
emacs25
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
focal Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

bionic Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
upstream Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
xemacs21
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Ignored
(end of life)
xenial Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
bionic Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
focal Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
jammy Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
lunar Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
xemacs21-packages
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
focal Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
jammy Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
lunar Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
xenial Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H