CVE-2026-2243

MEDIUM

5.1

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).

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.1

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published2/19/2026

Last Modified2/20/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-125

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2243(secalert@redhat.com)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2440934(secalert@redhat.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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