CVE-2025-1244
highA command injection flaw was found in the text editor Emacs.
A command injection flaw was found in the text editor Emacs. It could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on a vulnerable system. Exploitation is possible by tricking users into visiting a specially crafted website or an HTTP URL with a redirect.
CVSS
8.8
8.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (secalert@redhat.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2025-02-12 15:15
Modified: 2026-11-04 22:17
NVD status: Deferred
Last synced 4 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-04 22:37 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1915 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1917 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1961 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1962 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1963 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1964 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2022 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2130 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2157 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2195 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2754 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-1244 secalert@redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2345150 secalert@redhat.com
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=820f0793f0b46448928905552726c1f1b99... secalert@redhat.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/01/2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=66390 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS?h=emacs-30.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/02/msg00033.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-04 22:37 UTC · record ↗