7.8
HIGH
CVE-2022-48339
Vulnerability in GNU Emacs HTML Fontify Command Injection
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 20, 2023, 11:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:56 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-48339 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gnu emacs

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2022-48339 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-48339 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U6HDBUQNAH2WL4MHWCTUZLN7NGF7CHTK/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FLPQ4K6H2S5TY3L5UDN4K4B3L5RQJYQ6/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/U6HDBUQNAH2WL4MHWCTUZLN7NGF7CHTK/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FLPQ4K6H2S5TY3L5UDN4K4B3L5RQJYQ6/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 14, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FLPQ4K6H2S5TY3L5UDN4K4B3L5RQJYQ6/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 28, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/U6HDBUQNAH2WL4MHWCTUZLN7NGF7CHTK/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-77 CWE-116
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 10, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00008.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 03, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=1b4dc4691c1f87fc970fbe568b43869a15ad0d4c No Types Assigned https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=1b4dc4691c1f87fc970fbe568b43869a15ad0d4c Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5360 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5360 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-77
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 28.2
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 24, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5360 [No Types Assigned]
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.08 }} 0.01%

score

0.35298

percentile

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