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CVE-2026-71394: Emacs affected git revisions
CVE-2026-71394. EPSS 0.00445 (percentile 0.37653), scored 22-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Emacs · 0 through 30.2; status changes: commit 7621ee1d01229d50e5c0cddea6bf0b01095a62cf — unaffected
GNU
Component: Not specified by the source
File: src/sfnt.c
Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 4.0): Network (remote) · No privileges required · Passive user interaction
What an attacker can do
An attacker can deliver a malicious font file via email, EWW (Emacs Web Wowser), or documents with custom faces, causing Emacs to load it. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 4.0 assessment (base score 5.3/10) rates confidentiality and integrity impact as none; availability impact as low.
- CWE
- CWE-1284
- CCR priority
- 0.1 /100 (P5)
- EPSS
- 0.00445 · percentile 0.37653 · 2026-10-22
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-24 01:40:49.068977+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-71394.html