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CVE-2022-48339

Published: Feb 20, 2023Updated: Mar 18, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-116
NVD MITRE
7.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.2%
Top 36.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-116CWE-1116

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
FedoraFedora Project
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ROSA VirtualizationАО «НТЦ ИТ РОСА»
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
fedora projectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora
ао «нтц ит роса»commercialRUOperating Systems
and 4 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=1b4dc4691c1f87fc970fbe568b43869a15ad0d4c
git.savannah.gnu.org
https://redos.red-soft.ru/support/secure/
redos.red-soft.ru
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-48339
security-tracker.debian.org
and 9 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Feb 20, 2023
Last Updated
Mar 18, 2025

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