High severity · published Feb 12, 2025
CVE-2025-1244
Emacs: shell injection vulnerability in gnu emacs via custom "man" uri scheme
8.8
CVSS
2.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A command injection flaw was found in the text editor Emacs. It could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on a vulnerable system. Exploitation is possible by tricking users into visiting a specially crafted website or an HTTP URL with a redirect.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.6% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BF
Builds for Red Hat OpenShift 1.3.2 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
Affected product
BF
Builds for Red Hat OpenShift 1.3.2
Red Hat
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1244
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1244
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1915
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1917
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1961
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1962
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1963
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1964