DEBIAN-CVE-2022-45939

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-45939
Import Source
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JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-45939
Upstream
Published
2022-11-28T06:15:10.563Z
Modified
2025-11-14T04:05:27.103568Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

GNU Emacs through 28.2 allows attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a source-code file, because lib-src/etags.c uses the system C library function in its implementation of the ctags program. For example, a victim may use the "ctags *" command (suggested in the ctags documentation) in a situation where the current working directory has contents that depend on untrusted input.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11

emacs

Package

Name
emacs
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/emacs?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:27.1+1-3.1+deb11u1

Affected versions

1:27.*

1:27.1+1-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

xemacs21

Package

Name
xemacs21
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xemacs21?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

21.*

21.4.24-9
21.4.24-10
21.4.24-11
21.4.24-12

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12

emacs

Package

Name
emacs
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/emacs?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:28.2+1-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

xemacs21

Package

Name
xemacs21
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xemacs21?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
21.4.24-11

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13

emacs

Package

Name
emacs
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/emacs?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:28.2+1-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14

emacs

Package

Name
emacs
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/emacs?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:28.2+1-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}