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    CVE-2022-48339

    An issue was discovered in GNU Emacs through 28.2. htmlfontify.el has a command injection vulnerability. In the hfy-istext-command function, the parameter file and parameter srcdir come from external input, and parameters are not escaped. If a file name or directory name contains shell metacharacters, code may be executed.

    Published:Feb 20, 2023
    Last Modified:Mar 18, 2025
    EPS:Feb 20, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.00085
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Emacs
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Eus

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=1b4dc4691c1f87fc970fbe568b43869a15ad0d4c
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00008.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FLPQ4K6H2S5TY3L5UDN4K4B3L5RQJYQ6/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U6HDBUQNAH2WL4MHWCTUZLN7NGF7CHTK/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5360
    https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=1b4dc4691c1f87fc970fbe568b43869a15ad0d4c
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00008.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FLPQ4K6H2S5TY3L5UDN4K4B3L5RQJYQ6/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U6HDBUQNAH2WL4MHWCTUZLN7NGF7CHTK/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5360

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