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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

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.02987

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Affected Products & Versions

2

gnu emacsall versions

gnu xemacsall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

1

pocthread.gmane.org · 96903thread.gmane.org

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Scoring & Timeline

6.8

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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v2 Vector

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

Published to NVD12 May 2008 · 07:20 PM

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References & Sources

23

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

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

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/30199

http://secunia.com/advisories/30216

http://secunia.com/advisories/30303

http://secunia.com/advisories/30581

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http://secunia.com/advisories/30827

http://secunia.com/advisories/34004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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