{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14482","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).","modified":"2026-02-04T04:04:55.773769Z","published":"2017-09-14T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-3427-1","USN-3428-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2017-14482"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14482"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/11/1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=28350"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-25&id=9ad0fcc54442a9a01d41be19880250783426db70"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3970"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/index.html#Releases"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3427-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3428-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14482"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"emacs24","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/emacs24@24.3+1-2ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"24.3+1-2ubuntu1.1"}]}],"versions":["24.3+1-1ubuntu3","24.3+1-2ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"24.3+1-2ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"emacs24"},{"binary_version":"24.3+1-2ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"emacs24-bin-common"},{"binary_version":"24.3+1-2ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"emacs24-common"},{"binary_version":"24.3+1-2ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"emacs24-el"},{"binary_version":"24.3+1-2ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"emacs24-lucid"},{"binary_version":"24.3+1-2ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"emacs24-nox"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14482.json"}},{"package":{"name":"emacs24","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/emacs24@24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1"}]}],"versions":["24.5+1-1ubuntu2","24.5+1-1ubuntu4","24.5+1-1ubuntu5","24.5+1-1ubuntu6","24.5+1-1ubuntu7","24.5+1-6ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"emacs24"},{"binary_version":"24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"emacs24-bin-common"},{"binary_version":"24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"emacs24-common"},{"binary_version":"24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"emacs24-el"},{"binary_version":"24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"emacs24-lucid"},{"binary_version":"24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"emacs24-nox"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14482.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}