VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-2142
CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability3.66%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-05-12
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.