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CVE-2008-2142
Emacs 21 and XEmacs automatically load and execute .flc (fast lock) files that are associated with other files that are edited within…
Medium6.8EPSS 3.7%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (24)
- FEDORA-2008-5504 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2529 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1539 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20080527 rPSA-2008-0177-1 emacs emacs-leim (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 30827 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1020019 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 30199 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221197 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 30303 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200902-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 30216 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:154 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 29176 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:153 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0177 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 34004 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [emacs-devel] 20080510 [[email protected]: Emacs security bug] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/96903 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-5446 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://tracker.xemacs.org/XEmacs/its/issue378 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1540 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 30581 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- xemacs-gnuemacs-flc-code-execution(42362) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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