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.

🔗 References (48)

• cve@mitrehttp://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-05/msg00645.html
• cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/30199
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/30216
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/30303
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/30581
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/30827
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/34004
• cve@mitrehttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-06.xml
• cve@mitrehttp://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/96903
• cve@mitrehttp://tracker.xemacs.org/XEmacs/its/issue378
• cve@mitrehttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0177
• cve@mitrehttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:153
• cve@mitrehttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:154
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492657/100/0/threaded