CVE catalog
CVE-2023-27986
emacs: CVE-2023-27986
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.47% · Oct 25, 2026
emacsclient-mail.desktop in Emacs 28.1 through 28.2 is vulnerable to Emacs Lisp code injections through a crafted mailto: URI with unescaped double-quote characters. It is fixed in 29.0.90.
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 | fixed |
| Debian | emacs | forky | 1:30.2+1-11 | fixed |
| Debian | emacs | trixie | 1:30.1+1-6+deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | emacs | trixie-security | 1:30.1+1-6+deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | emacs | bookworm | 1:28.2+1-15+deb12u4 | fixed |
| Debian | emacs | bookworm-security | 1:28.2+1-15+deb12u4 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | emacs | source | sid | 1:28.2+1-13 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1032538] |
| Debian | emacs | source | forky | 1:28.2+1-13 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1032538] |
| Debian | emacs | source | trixie | 1:28.2+1-13 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1032538] |
| Debian | emacs | source | bookworm | 1:28.2+1-13 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1032538] |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_12777-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-27986]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-27986]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2023/wid-sec-w-2023-2917.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]