| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1134692 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| emacs (PTS) | bullseye | 1:27.1+1-3.1+deb11u5 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 1:27.1+1-3.1+deb11u6 | vulnerable | |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 1:28.2+1-15+deb12u4 | vulnerable | |
| trixie | 1:30.1+1-6 | vulnerable | |
| forky | 1:30.2+1-2 | vulnerable | |
| sid | 1:30.2+1-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| emacs | source | (unstable) | 1:30.2+1-3 | 1134692 |
[trixie] - emacs <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - emacs <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - emacs <postponed> (Minor issue; can be fixed in next update)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2459992
https://debbugs.gnu.org/80851
Fixed by: https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-30&id=8f535370b9efbc91673b20c6987a5cae4f6dc562