Mageia 9 Emacs Critical Memory Corruption Vulnern CVE-2026-6861

mageia
Calendar Grey June 16, 2026
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Critical security update for Mageia addressing a memory corruption issue in emacs, impacting release 9.
Security update

Summary

Description: Memory corruption vulnerability when processing svg css. (CVE-2026-6861)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35444

- https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/message/FVUC2CPLVVKZQ7WKCK25ML7H6WGQDCO7/

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2459992

- https://debbugs.gnu.org/80851

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6861

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

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Resolution

SRPMS

- 9/core/emacs-29.4-1.4.mga9

Severity
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Publication date: 16 Jun 2026
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2026-0213.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2026-6861

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical memory corruption emacs Mageia cve-2026-6861

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