GNU Emacs, Org Mode: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202407-08

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU Emacs and Org Mode, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected packages

app-editors/emacs on all architectures
Affected versions < 26.3-r16
< 27.2-r14
< 28.2-r10
< 29.2-r1
Unaffected versions >= 26.3-r16
>= 27.2-r14
>= 28.2-r10
>= 29.2-r1
app-emacs/org-mode on all architectures
Affected versions < 9.6.23
Unaffected versions >= 9.6.23

Background

GNU Emacs is a highly extensible and customizable text editor.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU Emacs. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GNU Emacs users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/emacs-29.3-r2"
 

All Org Mode users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emacs/org-mode-9.6.23"
 

References

Release date
July 01, 2024

Latest revision
July 01, 2024: 1

Severity
high

Exploitable
remote

Bugzilla entries