CVE-2026-77219

GNU Emacs < 31.0.91 Heap Over-Read via PBM/PPM/PGM Image Loader

State
Published
Severity
6.9 Medium
Published
Aug 21, 2026
Updated
Oct 1, 2026
Reserved
Aug 20, 2026

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Description

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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.06.9 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NVulnCheck
3.17.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HVulnCheck

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
EmacsGNU
  • before 31.0.91Affected

References

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