Out-of-bounds Read Affecting qemu-project/qemu package, versions [,10.0.9)[10.1.0-rc0,10.1.5)[10.2.0-rc1,10.2.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-QEMUPROJECTQEMU-15325665
  • published22 Feb 2026
  • disclosed10 Feb 2026
  • creditHalil Oktay

Introduced: 10 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-2243  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade qemu-project/qemu to version 10.0.9, 10.1.5, 10.2.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read in the VMDK compressed grain parsing process. An attacker can access sensitive information or cause a denial of service by providing a specially crafted VMDK image.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1