CVE search · CVE-2026-6861
CVE-2026-6861
high 7.1
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.
Details
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- Last changed
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- Weakness
- CWE-193
Severity
| Version | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | medium 6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
secalert@redhat.comSecondary |
| CVSS 3.1 | high 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
nvd@nist.govPrimary |
Affected products
Vendor and product from the NVD’s CPE applicability statements. Versions and conditions are on the NVD’s page.
- gnu · emacs
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6861Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2459992Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory