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.

INFO

Published Date :

2026-04-22T13:39:40.887Z

Last Modified :

2026-04-22T15:59:40.836Z

Source :

redhat
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-6861 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Redhat
  • Enterprise Linux
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2026-6861.

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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6861 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2459992 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6861 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6861 cve-icon
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