CVE-2023-2491

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 None
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2023-2491
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Received
  • Published Version
  • 2023-05-17T22:15:10
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-05-17T22:15:10
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-77 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/77.html
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2626
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3104
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2491
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2192873
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2491
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-2491
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2023-05-17 23:00:32 Added to TrackCVE
2023-05-17 23:00:33 Weakness Enumeration new