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CVE-2008-2142

Published: May 12, 2008 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
4.4 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2142
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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 Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
EmacsGnu21.3.1 (including)21.3.1 (including)
XemacsGnu**
Emacs21Ubuntudapper*
Emacs21Ubuntufeisty*
Emacs21Ubuntugutsy*
Emacs21Ubuntuhardy*
Emacs21Ubuntuupstream*
Emacs22Ubuntugutsy*
Emacs22Ubuntuhardy*
Emacs22Ubuntuintrepid*
Emacs22Ubuntujaunty*
Emacs22Ubuntukarmic*
Emacs22Ubuntulucid*
Emacs22Ubuntumaverick*
Emacs22Ubuntuupstream*
Xemacs21-packagesUbuntudapper*
Xemacs21-packagesUbuntufeisty*
Xemacs21-packagesUbuntugutsy*
Xemacs21-packagesUbuntuhardy*
Xemacs21-packagesUbuntuintrepid*
Xemacs21-packagesUbuntujaunty*
Xemacs21-packagesUbuntukarmic*
Xemacs21-packagesUbuntuupstream*

References

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