CVE 6.1 MEDIUM

Emacs: emacs: memory corruption vulnerability when processing svg css_CVE-2026-6861

6.1 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-6861
Source redhat
Published Apr 22, 2026 at 13:39

Affected Product

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

CWE Classification

References

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