CVE-2008-2142

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-2142
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-05-12 19:20:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionEmacs 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Emacs 21.3.1 All All All
Application Gnu Xemacs All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Issue378: [Bug: 21.5-b28] .flc files can run arbitrary code automatically - XEmacs Issue Tracking System af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tracker.xemacs.org
Gmane Loom af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 thread.gmane.org Exploit
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
GNU Emacs "fast-lock-mode" File Processing Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
XEmacs "fast-lock-mode" File Processing Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Fedora update for xemacs-packages-extra - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:154 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:153 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: xemacs-packages-extra-20070427-2.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Gentoo Bug 221197 - app-editors/emacs <=21.4-r16 fast-lock-mode arbitrary lisp code execution (CVE-2008-2142) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
GNU Emacs Automatically Executes Code in Fast Lock (.flc) Files - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0177 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
GNU Emacs '.flc' File Processing Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GNU Emacs, XEmacs: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:012 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: xemacs-packages-extra-20070427-2.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Gentoo update for emacs and edit-utils - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
address@hidden: Emacs security bug] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnu.org
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2529 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
rPath update for emacs - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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