High severity · published May 17, 2023
CVE-2023-2491
A flaw was found in the Emacs text editor
7.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in the Emacs text editor. Processing a specially crafted org-mode code with the "org-babel-execute:latex" function in ob-latex.el can result in arbitrary command execution. This CVE exists because of a CVE-2023-28617 security regression for the emacs package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EM
Emacs · Gnu
26.1-9.el8; 27.2-8.el9 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Eus · Redhat
8.8; 9.2 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Redhat
8.8; 9.2 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Tus · Redhat
8.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2491
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2491
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2626
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3104
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2491
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2192873
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