HighFix available
Red Hat Security Advisory: emacs security update
Type: advisorySources: OSV
- Products
- emacs, emacs-common, emacs-common-debuginfo, emacs-debuginfo, emacs-debugsource, emacs-filesystem, emacs-lucid, emacs-lucid-debuginfo, emacs-nox, emacs-nox-debuginfo
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1:27.2-10.el9_4.2
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-53920
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:06 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Red Hat Security Advisory: emacs security update
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 13 May 2025, 10:04 UTC
Red Hat Security Advisory: emacs security update
osv:RHSA-2025:4793
emacs
Fixed versions: 1:27.2-10.el9_4.2
emacs-common
Fixed versions: 1:27.2-10.el9_4.2
emacs-common-debuginfo
Fixed versions: 1:27.2-10.el9_4.2
emacs-debuginfo
Fixed versions: 1:27.2-10.el9_4.2
emacs-debugsource
Fixed versions: 1:27.2-10.el9_4.2
emacs-filesystem
Fixed versions: 1:27.2-10.el9_4.2
emacs-lucid
Fixed versions: 1:27.2-10.el9_4.2
emacs-lucid-debuginfo
Fixed versions: 1:27.2-10.el9_4.2
emacs-nox
Fixed versions: 1:27.2-10.el9_4.2
emacs-nox-debuginfo
Fixed versions: 1:27.2-10.el9_4.2
Complete source record
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"https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate",
"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2329161",
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"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53920",
"https://eshelyaron.com/posts/2024-11-27-emacs-aritrary-code-execution-and-how-to-avoid-it.html",
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