CVE-2008-2142
N/A
Published: May 12, 2008 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorEmacsXemacs
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
Emacs 21 and XEmacs automatically load and execute .flc (fast lock) files that are associated with other files that are edited within Emacs, which allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-06.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:153
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:154
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00736.html
References (24)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-05/msg00645.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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