Description
A flaw was found in QEMU. A specially crafted VMDK image could trigger an out-of-bounds read vulnerability, potentially leading to a 12-byte leak of sensitive information or a denial of service condition (DoS).
Published: 2026-02-19
Score: 5.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 07:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Red Hat
Red Hat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift Container Platform
Vendors & Products Red Hat
Red Hat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift Container Platform

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Low


Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in QEMU. A specially crafted VMDK image could trigger an out-of-bounds read vulnerability, potentially leading to a 12-byte leak of sensitive information or a denial of service condition (DoS).
Title Qemu-kvm: heap buffer out-of-bounds read in vmdk compressed grain parsing
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
Weaknesses CWE-125
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L'}


Subscriptions

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Redhat Enterprise Linux Openshift Openshift Container Platform
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-02T17:29:49.090Z

Reserved: 2026-02-09T09:44:40.684Z

Link: CVE-2026-2243

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-20T20:23:54.611Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-19T18:25:00.337

Modified: 2026-02-20T13:49:47.623

Link: CVE-2026-2243

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-02-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-2243 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-20T10:06:15Z

Weaknesses