Is CVE-2017-14482 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-14482 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-14482?

CVE-2017-14482 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-14482?

CVE-2017-14482 has an EPSS score of 4.04% (89th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14482?

Upgrade emacs24 on ubuntu 14.04 to 24.3+1-2ubuntu1.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-14482

HIGHEPSS 89th pctl

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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).

How to fix

Remediation Available

emacs24Ubuntu

Fixed in:24.3+1-2ubuntu1.1USN-3427-1

Fixed in:24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1USN-3427-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

4.04%probability of exploitation in 30 days

89thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 89% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

Vendor Advisory1

gnu.org

Third-Party Advisory1

debian.org

Other references3

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.