Description
A flaw was found in GNU Emacs. This vulnerability, a memory corruption issue, occurs when Emacs processes specially crafted SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) data. A local user could exploit this by convincing a victim to open a malicious SVG file, which may lead to a denial of service (DoS) or potentially information disclosure.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6861
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2459992
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
CVSS impact metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
6.1 · Medium
Information
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Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Published
2026-04-22T14:17:07.860Z
5 months agoLast modified
2026-06-17T11:01:26.687Z
3 months ago