UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14482

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14482

    Published: 14 Sept 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-14482

    Summary:

    Details: GNU Emacs before 25.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via email with crafted "Content-Type: text/enriched" data containing an x-display XML element that specifies execution of shell commands, related to an unsafe text/enriched extension in lisp/textmodes/enriched.el, and unsafe Gnus support for enriched and richtext inline MIME objects in lisp/gnus/mm-view.el. In particular, an Emacs user can be instantly compromised by reading a crafted email message (or Usenet news article).

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14482, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/11/1, https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=28350, https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-25&id=9ad0fcc54442a9a01d41be19880250783426db70, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3970, https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/index.html#Releases, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3427-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3428-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14482

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: emacs24

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+1-2ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -24.3+1-2ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    24.3+1-1ubuntu3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High