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CVE-2023-2491

Published: May 17, 2023Updated: Jan 22, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-77
7.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 62.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

CWE-77

Affected Products

Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka redhat, red hat
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
РЕД ОСOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
The GNU Project
oss-project·USaka gnu
EMACS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
gnu
oss-project·USaka g. nu
emacs
OSS Libraries
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Execution
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References

https://redos.red-soft.ru/support/secure/
redos.red-soft.ru
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2626
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3104
access.redhat.com
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