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Gentoo: GLSA-202506-01 high: Emacs code execution risks

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Calendar Grey June 12, 2025
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
GNU Emacs has critical security flaws; please upgrade to the most recent release to ensure protection. Consult advisory GLSA 202506-01 for further information.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Emacs, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Emacs, org-mode. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution multiple issues high emacs

Resolution

All Emacs, org-mode users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/emacs-29.4-r2:29" # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/emacs-28.2-r16:28" # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/emacs-27.2-r20:27" # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/emacs-26.3-r22:26"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2024-53920 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53920 [ 2 ] CVE-2025-1244 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1244

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202506-01
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: Emacs: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: June 12, 2025
Bugs: #945164, #950192
ID: 202506-01

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution multiple issues high emacs

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Emacs, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

Emacs is the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor. org-mode is an Emacs mode for notes and project planning.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ----------------- ------------- -------------- app-editors/emacs < 26.3-r22:26 >= 26.3-r22:26 < 27.2-r20:27 >= 27.2-r20:27 < 28.2-r16:28 >= 28.2-r16:28 < 29.4-r2:29 >= 29.4-r2:29

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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