openSUSE Emacs Important Code Exec Memory Leak Vuln 2026-21711

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This update for emacs fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

- Arbitrary code execution when opening a specially crafted file (bsc#1275941).

- CVE-2026-77219: integer overflow in the PBM/PPM/PGM image loader leads to heap memory content leaks when a crafted

image with large dimensions and an elevated max color index is processed (bsc#1276264).

- CVE-2026-79992: improper argument sanitization in TRAMP leads to arbitrary code execution via crafted filenames

Other updates and bugfixes:

- Fix memory leak in wayland port (bsc#1271643).

To install this openSUSE security update use the suse recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-1568=1

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

emacs-30.2-160000.3.1

emacs-el-30.2-160000.3.1

emacs-eln-30.2-160000.3.1

emacs-games-30.2-160000.3.1

emacs-info-30.2-160000.3.1

emacs-nox-30.2-160000.3.1

emacs-x11-30.2-160000.3.1

etags-30.2-160000.3.1

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