Insufficient verification of data authenticity in Emacs - CVE-2024-30203

Vulnerability identifier: #VU87808

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-30203

CWE-ID: CWE-345

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: GNU

Affected software:
Emacs

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to Gnus treats inline MIME contents as trusted. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Install updates from vendor's website.

• https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS?h=emacs-29
• https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-29&id=937b9042ad7426acdcca33e3d931d8f495bdd804