Critical severity · published Jun 23, 2024
CVE-2024-39331
In Emacs before 29.4, org-link-expand-abbrev in lisp/ol.el expands a %(...) link abbrev even when it specifies an unsafe function, such as shell-command-to-string
9.8
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Emacs before 29.4, org-link-expand-abbrev in lisp/ol.el expands a %(...) link abbrev even when it specifies an unsafe function, such as shell-command-to-string. This affects Org Mode before 9.7.5.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EM
Emacs · Gnu
before 29.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39331
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-39331
Release Notes
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS?h=emacs-29
Mailing List
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f4cc61636947b5c2f0afc67174dd369fe3277aa8
Mailing List
https://list.orgmode.org/87sex5gdqc.fsf%40localhost/
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00023.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00024.html
Mailing List
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2024-06/msg00000.html
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