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.
Published: 2008-05-12
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 3.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-2139 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.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:49:58.576Z

Reserved: 2008-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-2142

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-05-12T19:20:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-2142

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2008-05-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-2142 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses