CVE-2024-39331

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

In Emacs before 29.4, org-link-expand-abbrev in lisp/ol.el expands a %(...) link abbrev even when it specifies an unsafe function, such as shell-command-to-string. This affects Org Mode before 9.7.5.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published6/23/2024

Last Modified4/30/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

gnu:emacs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-94

References

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS?h=emacs-29(cve@mitre.org)

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f4cc61636947b5c2f0afc67174dd369fe3277aa8(cve@mitre.org)

https://list.orgmode.org/87sex5gdqc.fsf%40localhost/(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00023.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00024.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2024-06/msg00000.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40768225(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/23/1(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/23/2(cve@mitre.org)

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS?h=emacs-29(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f4cc61636947b5c2f0afc67174dd369fe3277aa8(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://list.orgmode.org/87sex5gdqc.fsf%40localhost/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00023.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00024.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2024-06/msg00000.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40768225(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/23/1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/23/2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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