CVE catalog

CVE-2023-2491

emacs: CVE-2023-2491

Severity: High · CVSS 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: May 9, 2023, 12:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.46% · Oct 25, 2026

A flaw was found in the Emacs text editor. Processing a specially crafted org-mode code with the "org-babel-execute:latex" function in ob-latex.el can result in arbitrary command execution. This CVE exists because of a CVE-2023-28617 security regression for the emacs package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	emacs	sid	`1:30.2+1-11`	not affected
Debian	emacs	forky	`1:30.2+1-11`	not affected
Debian	emacs	trixie	`1:30.1+1-6+deb13u1`	not affected
Debian	emacs	trixie-security	`1:30.1+1-6+deb13u1`	not affected
Debian	emacs	bookworm	`1:28.2+1-15+deb12u4`	not affected
Debian	emacs	bookworm-security	`1:28.2+1-15+deb12u4`	not affected

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	emacs	source	sid	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	emacs	source	forky	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	emacs	source	trixie	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	emacs	source	bookworm	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.

References

[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]