Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Apr 22, 2026· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2026-6861
CVE-2026-6861
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.
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References
2- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6861nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
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