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FreeBSD: VID-a75929bd-b6a4-11ed-bad6-080027f5fec9 (CVE-2022-48338): emacs -- multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 27, 2023
Added
Feb 28, 2023
Modified
Dec 10, 2025

Description

Xi Lu reports: CVE-2022-48337 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 etags program. For example, a victim may use the "etags -u *" command (suggested in the etags documentation) in a situation where the current working directory has contents that depend on untrusted input. CVE-2022-48338 An issue was discovered in GNU Emacs through 28.2. In ruby-mode.el, the ruby-find-library-file function has a local command injection vulnerability. The ruby-find-library-file function is an interactive function, and bound to C-c C-f. Inside the function, the external command gem is called through shell-command-to-string, but the feature-name parameters are not escaped. Thus, malicious Ruby source files may cause commands to be executed. CVE-2022-48339 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.

Solutions

freebsd-upgrade-package-emacsfreebsd-upgrade-package-emacs-cannafreebsd-upgrade-package-emacs-noxfreebsd-upgrade-package-emacs-develfreebsd-upgrade-package-emacs-devel-nox
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