CVE-2025-1244
A command injection flaw was found in the text editor Emacs. It could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on a vulnerable system. Exploitation is possible by tricking users into visiting a specially crafted website or an HTTP URL with a redirect.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGH
- EPSS
- 2.6% (84th percentile)
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- NVD status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2025-02-12
Workaround
There is no an existing or known mitigation for this issue without disabling part of the Emacs core functionality. However, by avoiding opening or view untrusted files, websites, HTTP URLs or other URI resources with Emacs would reduce or prevent the risk of performing this attack successfully.
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