MGASA-2017-0476

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    MGASA-2017-0476

    Published: 31 Dec 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-14482

    Summary: Updated emacs packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Charles A. Roelli discovered that Emacs is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution when rendering text/enriched MIME data (e.g. when using Emacs-based mail clients) (CVE-2017-14482).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0476.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21695, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3970

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: emacs

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/emacs?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -24.3-10.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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