{"id":"CVE-2008-2142","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:39:52.756457Z","published":"2008-05-12T19:20:00Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30199"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30216"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30303"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30581"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30827"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/34004"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-06.xml"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:153"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:154"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1539/references"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1540/references"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/96903"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-05/msg00645.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://tracker.xemacs.org/XEmacs/its/issue378"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0177"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492657/100/0/threaded"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29176"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020019"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221197"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42362"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2529"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00736.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00782.html"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}