{"cve":"CVE-2008-2142","nvd":{"published":"2008-05-12T19:20:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:53:10.977","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-05/msg00645.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/30199","http://secunia.com/advisories/30216","http://secunia.com/advisories/30303"],"products":["gnu:emacs","gnu:xemacs"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:51:11.071189229+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-2142","score":0.03662,"percentile":0.89638,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}