๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-3196

MEDIUM 5.5

Qemu-kvm: virtio-snd: integer overflow leading to unbounded memory allocation

CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

An integer overflow vulnerability was found in the virtio-snd device via PCM_INFO requests from the guest. A malicious guest can provide out-of-bounds stream counts, potentially leading to unbounded memory allocation on the host and a denial of service condition.

CWE CWE-190
Published Jun 19, 2026
Last Updated Jun 22, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Affected Versions

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
All versions affected

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3196 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2443789

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank Mingyuan Luo for reporting this issue.