CVE-2024-39331

Publication date 23 June 2024

Last updated 11 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

In Emacs before 29.4, org-link-expand-abbrev in lisp/ol.el expands a %(...) link abbrev even when it specifies an unsafe function, such as shell-command-to-string. This affects Org Mode before 9.7.5.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
emacs 25.10 questing
Not affected
25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1:29.3+1-1ubuntu2+esm1
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2+esm1
xemacs21 25.10 questing
Needs evaluation
25.04 plucky
Needs evaluation
24.10 oracular Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
xemacs21-packages 25.10 questing
Needs evaluation
25.04 plucky
Needs evaluation
24.10 oracular Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
emacs24 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm4
emacs25 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 25.2+1-6ubuntu0.1~esm2
org-mode 25.10 questing
Not affected
25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 9.6.10+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needed
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 9.5.2+dfsh-4ubuntu0.1~esm1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 9.3.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 9.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 8.3.3-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-7027-1
    • Emacs vulnerabilities
    • 19 September 2024
    • USN-7375-1
    • Org Mode vulnerabilities
    • 27 March 2025

Other references