CVE-2023-27985

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.011 · 65 %ileDEEUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.08% (65th) EPSS
CVSS 7.8 · high
Is it mine?
9 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

emacsclient-mail.desktop in Emacs 28.1 through 28.2 is vulnerable to shell command injections through a crafted mailto: URI. This is related to lack of compliance with the Desktop Entry Specification. It is fixed in 29.0.90

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

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affected products (9)

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2023-0608GNU Emacs: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen CodeausführungDeutsch2023-03-08csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in GNU Emacs ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen.

  • WID-SEC-W-2023-2917Xerox FreeFlow Print Server: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-11-14csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Xerox FreeFlow Print Server ausnutzen, um die Vertraulichkeit, Verfügbarkeit und Integrität des Systems zu gefährden.

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also known as (3)

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sources

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published 2023-03-09modified 2026-06-17
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references (16)

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