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Fedora 42 Emacs Important Memory Corruption Fix CVE-2026-6861 Advisory

Fix CVE-2026-6861: memory corruption vulnerability when processing SVG CSS.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2026-52dad6273a 2026-05-01 01:22:47.586700+00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : emacs Product : Fedora 42 Version : 30.2 Release : 2.fc42 URL : https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ Summary : GNU Emacs text editor Description : 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. This package provides an emacs binary with support for Wayland, using the GTK toolkit. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Fix CVE-2026-6861: memory corruption vulnerability when processing SVG CSS. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Wed Apr 22 2026 Peter Oliver - 1:30.2-2 - Fix CVE-2026-6861: memory corruption vulnerability when processing SVG CSS. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #2460584 - CVE-2026-6861 emacs: Emacs: Memory corruption vulnerability when processing SVG CSS [fedora-42] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460584 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-52dad6273a' 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 All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be foundat https://fedoraproject.org/keys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new . Fix critical memory corruption issue in Emacs processing SVG CSS on Fedora 42 with this latest advisory update.. Fedora 42, Emacs, Memory Corruption, Update Advisory, SVG CSS. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

May 01, 2026 •Important Fedora