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.
Published: 2023-02-20
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3416-1 emacs security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5360-1 emacs security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-51039 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5955-1 Emacs vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7027-1 Emacs vulnerabilities
History

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-1116
Metrics ssvc

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Gnu Emacs
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Eus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-18T15:19:50.352Z

Reserved: 2023-02-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-48339

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T15:10:59.748Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-20T23:15:12.350

Modified: 2025-03-18T16:15:15.070

Link: CVE-2022-48339

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-02-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-48339 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses