6.8
CVSSv2

CVE-2008-2142

Published: 12/05/2008 Updated: 11/10/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
VMScore: 605
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

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 malicious users to execute arbitrary code.

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Debian Bug report logs - #480877 emacs21: arbitrary code execution in fast-lock-mode Package: emacs21; Maintainer for emacs21 is Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalueorg>; Source for emacs21 is src:emacs (PTS, buildd, popcon) Reported by: Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmxde> Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 14:27:01 UTC Severity: importa ...