Summary
GNU Emacs is a powerful, customizable, self-documenting text editor. It provides special code editing features, a scripting language (elisp), and the capability to read e-mail and news.
Security Fix(es):
* emacs: arbitrary code execution via Lisp macro expansion (CVE-2024-53920)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Fixed packages 5
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 8 | emacs | 1:26.1-15.el8_10 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | emacs-common | 1:26.1-15.el8_10 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | emacs-lucid | 1:26.1-15.el8_10 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | emacs-nox | 1:26.1-15.el8_10 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | emacs-terminal | 1:26.1-15.el8_10 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8
In elisp-mode.el in GNU Emacs before 30.1, a user who chooses to invoke elisp-completion-at-point (for code completion)…