VDB
CVE-2023-27986
CVE-2023-27986
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.8 HIGH
Reported by mitre · Published March 9, 2023
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.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | n/a | * |
| amazon:2023 | emacs-common | 0 |
| amazon:2023 | emacs-devel | 0 |
| amazon:2023 | emacs-terminal | 0 |
| amazon:2023 | emacs-nox | 0 |
| amazon:2023 | emacs-lucid | 0 |
| amazon:2023 | emacs | 0 |
| alpine | emacs | 0, 0 |
| amazon:2023 | emacs-filesystem | 0 |
Timeline
- Mar 9, 2023 CVE Published
- Mar 9, 2023 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
- Mar 9, 2023 PoC Published (3 in total, the first dated here)
- May 1, 2026 Security Advisory (2 in total, the first dated here)
- Jun 30, 2026 CVE Updated
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