CVE-2026-3196
Moderate
Qemu-kvm: virtio-snd: integer overflow leading to unbounded memory allocation
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.
Exploit probability
0.1%
Published
June 19, 2026
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
36 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2026-3196
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3196
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2443789
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/3xxx/CVE-2026-3196.json
- https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3196