SB2025063041 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for emacs
Published: June 30, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025063041
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Exposed dangerous method or function (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-53920)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in elisp-mode.el. A remote attacker can trick the victim into invoking elisp-completion-at-point (for code completion) on untrusted Emacs Lisp source code, trigger unsafe Lisp macro expansion and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.