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cve[email protected]CVE-2023-2491
HistoryMay 17, 2023 - 10:15 p.m.

CVE-2023-2491

2023-05-1722:15:10
CWE-77
CWE-77
web.nvd.nist.gov
69
emacs
text editor
flaw
arbitrary command execution
cve-2023-2491
nvd

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

11.9%

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.

VendorProductVersionCPE
gnuemacs*cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnuemacs*cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnuemacs*cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnuemacs*cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

11.9%