CVE-2017-14482: Debian Linux
High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
GNU Emacs before 25.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via email with crafted "Content-Type: text/enriched" data containing an x-display XML element that specifies execution of shell commands, related to an unsafe text/enriched extension in lisp/textmodes/enriched.el, and unsafe Gnus support for enriched and richtext inline MIME objects in lisp/gnus/mm-view.el. In particular, an Emacs user can be instantly compromised by reading a crafted email message (or Usenet news article).
Affected products
Published 2017-09-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.