Fedora 44 Emacs Important Memory Corruption CVE-2026-6861 Advisory
fedora
May 1, 2026
Fix CVE-2026-6861: memory corruption vulnerability when processing SVG CSS.
Summary
GNU Emacs is a powerful, customizable, self-documenting, modeless text
editor. It contains special code editing features, a scripting language
(elisp), and the capability to read mail, news, and more without leaving
the editor.
Update Information:
Fix CVE-2026-6861: memory corruption vulnerability when processing SVG CSS.
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Wed Apr 22 2026 Peter Oliver
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2460586 - CVE-2026-6861 emacs: Emacs: Memory corruption vulnerability when processing SVG CSS [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460586
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-49b8ca7981' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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Name: emacs
Product: Fedora 44
Version: 30.2
Release: 23.fc44
Summary: GNU Emacs text editor
Topics Covered
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