🛡️ USN-7027-1 — emacs (CVE-2022-45939 +8 more)

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

emacs, emacs24, emacs25 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled input sanitization. An

attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. This

issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04

LTS. (CVE-2022-45939)

Xi Lu discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled input sanitization. An

attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. This

issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-48337)

Xi Lu discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled input sanitization. An

attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. This

issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-48338)

Xi Lu discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled input sanitization. An

attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. This

issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04

LTS. (CVE-2022-48339)

It was discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled filename sanitization. An

attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. This

issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04

LTS. (CVE-2023-28617)

It was discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled certain crafted files. An

attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting in

a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu

18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-30203,

CVE-2024-30204, CVE-2024-30205)

It was discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled certain crafted files. An

attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands.

(CVE-2024-39331)

Affected software

USN-7027-1 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • emacs (fixed in 1:29.3+1-1ubuntu2+esm1)
  • emacs24 (fixed in 24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm4)
  • emacs25 (fixed in 25.2+1-6ubuntu0.1~esm2)

Timeline and source

Published on 19 September 2024 and last revised on 25 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Advisory)
ubuntu.com (Report)
ubuntu.com (Report)
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ubuntu.com (Report)
ubuntu.com (Report)
launchpad.net (Report)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-09-19
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-06-25
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
emacs — 1:29.3+1-1ubuntu2+esm1
emacs24 — 24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm4
emacs25 — 25.2+1-6ubuntu0.1~esm2

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