Out-of-bounds Read Affecting emacs-info package, versions <27.2-150400.3.31.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-EMACSINFO-19779324
  • published14 Sept 2026
  • disclosed8 Sept 2026

Introduced: 8 Sep 2026

CVE-2026-77219  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 emacs-info to version 27.2-150400.3.31.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream emacs-info package and not the emacs-info package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

GNU Emacs before 31.0.91 contains an integer overflow in the PBM/PPM/PGM image loader that allows an attacker to leak heap memory contents by supplying a crafted image with large dimensions and an elevated max color index. The image loader multiplies image dimensions and channel count using signed integer arithmetic; for sufficiently large values, the result wraps to a negative number, bypassing the bounds check and causing the pixel reader to access heap memory past the end of the allocated buffer. The over-read contents are interpreted as pixel color values and rendered on screen.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1