🛡️ USN-8161-1 — qemu
Description
qemu vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the LSI53C895A SCSI Host Bus Adapter implementation
of QEMU incorrectly handled memory. An attacker inside the guest could
possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-6519)
It was discovered that QEMU could be made to read out of bounds when
reading VMDK images. If a user or an automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted VMDK image, an attacker could possibly use
this issue to leak sensitive informaton or cause QEMU to crash, resulting
in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-2243)
It was discovered that the virtio-snd device implementation of QEMU could
be made to write out of bounds. An attacker inside the guest could
possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2026-3195)
It was discovered that the virtio-snd device implementation of QEMU
contained an arithmetic overflow. An attacker inside the guest could
possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2026-3196)
It was discovered that the Hyper-V Synthetic Debugging device
implementation of QEMU could me made to write out of bounds. An attacker
inside the guest could possibly use this issue to cause QEMU to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2026-3842)
Affected software
USN-8161-1 is recorded against 1 package.
- qemu (fixed in 1:10.1.0+ds-5ubuntu2.6)
Timeline and source
Published on 9 April 2026 and last revised on 17 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
ubuntu.com (Advisory)
ubuntu.com (Report)
ubuntu.com (Report)
ubuntu.com (Report)
ubuntu.com (Report)
ubuntu.com (Report)
Details
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| qemu | — | 1:10.1.0+ds-5ubuntu2.6 |
References
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