Debian: CVE-2022-48339: emacs -- security update

Debian: CVE-2022-48339: emacs -- security update

Severity

7

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

02/20/2023

Created

02/28/2023

Added

02/27/2023

Modified

01/28/2025

Description

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.

Solution(s)

• debian-upgrade-emacs

References

• https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2022-48339
• CVE - 2022-48339
• DSA-5360
• DSA-5360-1