CVE-2023-27986
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 9, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:46 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorEmacs
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
PoC
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
SSVC — Action Prioritization
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CVSS
7.8HIGHCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-94
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