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CVE-2008-2142

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
12/05/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:21.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:xemacs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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