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Posted on 12 June 2025
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202506-01
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Severity: High
Title: Emacs: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: June 12, 2025
Bugs: #945164, #950192
ID: 202506-01

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

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

Affected packages
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Package Vulnerable Unaffected
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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

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

Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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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
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[ 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
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202506-01

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2025 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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