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CVE-2026-6861

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 39/100
Published: 2026-04-22 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Auth Conf. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: Required
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: None
A: High

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.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
gnu emacs 28.1 – 30.2

References & Advisories (2)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2459992
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

Bug Bounty Relevance

39 / 100
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity

CVSS Score

7.1 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.11%
Raw Score 0.001080
Percentile 1.2%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00108
2026-10-28
0.00108

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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