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CVE-2008-2142
Published: May 12, 2008
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
FEDORA-2008-5504
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2529
x_refsource_CONFIRM
ADV-2008-1539
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
20080527 rPSA-2008-0177-1 emacs emacs-leim
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
30827
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
1020019
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
SUSE-SR:2008:012
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
30199
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221197
x_refsource_CONFIRM
30303
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
GLSA-200902-06
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
30216
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
MDVSA-2008:154
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
29176
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
MDVSA-2008:153
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0177
x_refsource_CONFIRM
34004
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
[emacs-devel] 20080510 [[email protected]: Emacs security bug]
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/96903
x_refsource_MISC
FEDORA-2008-5446
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
http://tracker.xemacs.org/XEmacs/its/issue378
x_refsource_MISC
ADV-2008-1540
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
30581
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
xemacs-gnuemacs-flc-code-execution(42362)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
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