CVE-2008-2142

Published: May 12, 2008Modified: Apr 23, 2026

6.8

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (2)

Products: Gnu: Emacs, Xemacs

Gnu

2 products

Emacs

Xemacs

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gnu Emacs	Version 21.3.1
Gnu Xemacs	All versions

References (48)

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-05/msg00645.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/30199

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/30216

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/30303

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/30581

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/30827

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/34004

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-06.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/96903

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://tracker.xemacs.org/XEmacs/its/issue378

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0177

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:153

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:154

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492657/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29176

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020019

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1539/references

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1540/references

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221197

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42362

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2529

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00736.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00782.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-05/msg00645.html