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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…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 3.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 10% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
24
- FEDORA-2008-5504 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2529 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1539 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20080527 rPSA-2008-0177-1 emacs emacs-leim (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 30827 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1020019 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 30199 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221197 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 30303 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200902-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 30216 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:154 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 29176 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:153 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0177 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 34004 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [emacs-devel] 20080510 [[email protected]: Emacs security bug] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/96903 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-5446 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://tracker.xemacs.org/XEmacs/its/issue378 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1540 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 30581 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- xemacs-gnuemacs-flc-code-execution(42362) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-2139 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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