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 c...
MediumCVSS 6.8
EPSS 3.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| GNU emacs | = 21.3.1 | No fix listed |
| GNU xemacs | All versions | No fix listed |
| debian/xemacs21-packages(Debian:12) | < 2009.02.17-1 | 2009.02.17-1 |
References
- [emacs-devel] 20080510 [mwelinder@bogus.example.com: Emacs security bug] mailing-list
- SUSE-SR:2008:012 vendor-advisory
- 30199 third-party-advisory
- 30216 third-party-advisory
- 30303 third-party-advisory
- 30581 third-party-advisory
- 30827 third-party-advisory
- 34004 third-party-advisory
- GLSA-200902-06 vendor-advisory
- thread.gmane.org exploit
- tracker.xemacs.org
- wiki.rpath.com
- MDVSA-2008:153 vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2008:154 vendor-advisory
- 20080527 rPSA-2008-0177-1 emacs emacs-leim mailing-list
- 29176 vdb-entry
- 1020019 vdb-entry
- ADV-2008-1539 vdb-entry
- ADV-2008-1540 vdb-entry
- bugs.gentoo.org
- xemacs-gnuemacs-flc-code-execution(42362) vdb-entry
- issues.rpath.com
- FEDORA-2008-5446 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-5504 vendor-advisory
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2008-2142 vendor-advisory
- bugs.debian.org issue-tracking