Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-11515.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-11515
Upstream
Published
2022-11-28T06:15:10Z
Modified
2026-04-21T04:22:11.580752Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
CVE-2022-45939 affecting package emacs for versions less than 28.1-5
Details

GNU Emacs through 28.2 allows attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a source-code file, because lib-src/etags.c uses the system C library function in its implementation of the ctags program. For example, a victim may use the "ctags *" command (suggested in the ctags documentation) in a situation where the current working directory has contents that depend on untrusted input.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:2 / emacs

Package

Name
emacs
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/emacs

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
28.1-5

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-11515.json"