Bug 2460584 - CVE-2026-6861 emacs: Emacs: Memory corruption vulnerability when processing SVG CSS [fedora-42]
Summary: CVE-2026-6861 emacs: Emacs: Memory corruption vulnerability when processing S...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: emacs
Version: 42
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
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Assignee: Peter Oliver
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["96bd375f-348b-4a5a-a6fc-2...
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Blocks: CVE-2026-6861
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Reported: 2026-04-22 13:08 UTC by Avinash Hanwate
Modified: 2026-05-01 01:23 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

Fixed In Version: emacs-30.2-2.fc42
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Last Closed: 2026-05-01 01:23:44 UTC
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Description Avinash Hanwate 2026-04-22 13:08:40 UTC 
Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.
Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2026-04-22 17:17:29 UTC 
FEDORA-2026-52dad6273a (emacs-30.2-2.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-52dad6273a
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2026-04-23 02:14:36 UTC 
FEDORA-2026-52dad6273a has been pushed to the Fedora 42 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-52dad6273a`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-52dad6273a

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2026-05-01 01:23:44 UTC 
FEDORA-2026-52dad6273a (emacs-30.2-2.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.
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