CVE-2026-6861

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

22/04/2026

Last modified:

22/04/2026

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.10 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

6.10

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6861
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2459992