Integer Overflow or Wraparound The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package emacs  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-EMACS-18605743
  • published11 Aug 2026
  • disclosed10 Aug 2026

Introduced: 10 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-71393  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:unstable.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream emacs package and not the emacs package as distributed by Debian.

GNU Emacs for Android is vulnerable to an integer overflow in sfnt_read_name_table() in src/sfnt.c. The function computes an allocation size using a 32-bit length value from a TrueType font file without overflow checking. On 32-bit targets, a crafted font causes the calculation to wrap, resulting in an undersized heap allocation. A subsequent read() call writes beyond the buffer, causing a heap buffer overflow. An attacker can deliver a malicious font file via email, EWW (Emacs Web Wowser), or documents with custom faces, causing Emacs to load it. This can lead to heap memory corruption and potential code execution.

This issue was fixed in commit d51a4722316efe0960994d371e1859099894d1ca