What is CVE-2022-48339?

CVE-2022-48339 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnu Emacs, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-02-20.

How severe is CVE-2022-48339?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gnu Emacs

CVE-2022-48339

An issue was discovered in GNU Emacs through 28.2. htmlfontify.el has a command injection vulnerability. In the hfy-istext-command function, the parameter file and parameter srcdir come from external input, and parameters are not escaped…

EPSS: 0.011 (62.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Gnu Emacs
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-48339?: CVE-2022-48339 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnu Emacs, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-02-20.
How severe is CVE-2022-48339?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.