Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 12, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-2142
CVE-2008-2142
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.
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Affected products
4Patches
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References
24- thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/96903nvdExploit
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-05/msg00645.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30199nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30216nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30303nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30581nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30827nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/34004nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-06.xmlnvd
- tracker.xemacs.org/XEmacs/its/issue378nvd
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0177nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492657/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29176nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1539/referencesnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1540/referencesnvd
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42362nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2529nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00736.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00782.htmlnvd
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