Is CVE-2023-27985 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-27985 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-27985?

CVE-2023-27985 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-27985?

CVE-2023-27985 has an EPSS score of 1.12% (62th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-27985?

Upgrade emacs on debian 12 to 1:28.2+1-13 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-27985

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

emacsclient-mail.desktop in Emacs 28.1 through 28.2 is vulnerable to shell command injections through a crafted mailto: URI. This is related to lack of compliance with the Desktop Entry Specification. It is fixed in 29.0.90

CWE-78OS Command Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

emacsDebian

Fixed in:1:28.2+1-13CVE-2023-27985

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 VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.12%probability of exploitation in 30 days

62ndpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 62% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch4

Other references1

gabriel.urdhr.fr

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CVE-2019-16920	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2022-44877	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-8515	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
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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 2025-03-05.