CVE-2008-2142
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2142
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2008-2142.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2008-2142
- Downstream
- Published
- 2008-05-12T19:20:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-10T03:39:52Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/30199
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30216
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30303
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30581
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30827
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34004
- 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
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1539/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1540/references
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/96903
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-05/msg00645.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html
- http://tracker.xemacs.org/XEmacs/its/issue378
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0177
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492657/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29176
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020019
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221197
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42362
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2529
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00736.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00782.html