CVE-2026-71391 (GCVE-0-2026-71391)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 10:22 – Updated: 2026-08-10 10:22 X_Open Source
VLAI
Title
Off-by-One Error in GNU Emacs for Android
Summary
GNU Emacs for Android contains an off-by-one error in the gvar table parser in src/sfnt.c. The shared-coordinate index boundary check in sfnt_vary_simple_glyph() and sfnt_vary_compound_glyph() uses a strict greater-than comparison instead of greater-than-or-equal, allowing a crafted TrueType variable font to bypass the check and trigger a heap-based out-of-bounds read via memcpy. 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 exposes heap memory contents which can be later used to defeat ASLR. This issue was fixed in commit 95ab9ef627b212d74d321c5bbb5b56a1be7b9fbe
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GNU Emacs Affected: 0 , ≤ 30.2 (custom)
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Credits
Michał Majchrowicz (AFINE Team) Marcin Wyczechowski (AFINE Team)
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