CVE-2008-2142
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 12, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- May 12, 2008
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
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- FEDORA-2008-5504vendor-advisory
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2529
- ADV-2008-1539vdb-entry
- 20080527 rPSA-2008-0177-1 emacs emacs-leimmailing-list
- 30827third-party-advisory
- 1020019vdb-entry
- SUSE-SR:2008:012vendor-advisory
- 30199third-party-advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221197
- 30303third-party-advisory
- GLSA-200902-06vendor-advisory
- 30216third-party-advisory
- MDVSA-2008:154vendor-advisory
- 29176vdb-entry
- MDVSA-2008:153vendor-advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0177
- 34004third-party-advisory
- [emacs-devel] 20080510 [mwelinder@bogus.example.com: Emacs security bug]mailing-list
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/96903
- FEDORA-2008-5446vendor-advisory
- http://tracker.xemacs.org/XEmacs/its/issue378
- ADV-2008-1540vdb-entry
- 30581third-party-advisory
- xemacs-gnuemacs-flc-code-execution(42362)vdb-entry
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