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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 edited within Emacs, which allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Published

2008-05-12T19:20:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	emacs	21.3.1	Yes
Application	gnu	xemacs	*	Yes

References

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-05/msg00645.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30199 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30216 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30303 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30581 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30827 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34004 ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-06.xml ([email protected])
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/96903 Exploit ([email protected])
http://tracker.xemacs.org/XEmacs/its/issue378 ([email protected])
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0177 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:153 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:154 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492657/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29176 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020019 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1539/references ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1540/references ([email protected])
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221197 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42362 ([email protected])
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2529 ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00736.html ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00782.html ([email protected])
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-05/msg00645.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30199 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30216 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30303 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30581 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30827 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34004 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-06.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/96903 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://tracker.xemacs.org/XEmacs/its/issue378 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0177 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:153 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:154 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492657/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29176 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020019 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1539/references (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1540/references (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221197 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42362 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2529 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00736.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00782.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)