Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 28, 2022· Updated Apr 28, 2025
CVE-2022-45939
CVE-2022-45939
Description
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.
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Affected products
42- osv-coords40 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/emacspkg:rpm/almalinux/emacs-commonpkg:rpm/almalinux/emacs-filesystempkg:rpm/almalinux/emacs-lucidpkg:rpm/almalinux/emacs-noxpkg:rpm/almalinux/emacs-terminalpkg:rpm/opensuse/emacs&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/emacs&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/emacs&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Retail%20Branch%20Server%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/emacs&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209
< 1:27.2-8.el9+ 39 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1:27.2-8.el9
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- (no CPE)range: < 1:26.1-9.el8
- (no CPE)range: < 25.3-150000.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 27.2-150400.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 28.2-1.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 27.2-150400.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 25.3-150000.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 27.2-150400.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 24.3-25.9.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 24.3-25.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 24.3-25.9.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FOSK3J7BBAEI4IITW2DRUKLQYUZYKH6Y/mitrevendor-advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GOXIH2FDEQJEAARE52C3GHTLGQFBYPIB/mitrevendor-advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5314mitrevendor-advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00046.htmlmitremailing-list
- git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/mitre
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