UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14482

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14482
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14482.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14482
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Published
2017-09-14T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:26Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
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).

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / emacs24

Package

Name
emacs24
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/emacs24@24.3+1-2ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
24.3+1-2ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

24.*

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"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / emacs24

Package

Name
emacs24
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/emacs24@24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

24.*

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"
}