CVE-2026-0665

Qemu-kvm: heap off-by-one in kvm xen physdevop_map_pirq

Published Feb 18, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An off-by-one error was found in QEMU's KVM Xen guest support. A malicious guest could use this flaw to trigger out-of-bounds heap accesses in the QEMU process via the emulated Xen physdev hypercall interface, leading to a denial of service or potential memory corruption.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8073-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title qemu-kvm: Heap off-by-one in KVM Xen PHYSDEVOP_map_pirq Qemu-kvm: heap off-by-one in kvm xen physdevop_map_pirq
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An off-by-one error was found in QEMU's KVM Xen guest support. A malicious guest could use this flaw to trigger out-of-bounds heap accesses in the QEMU process via the emulated Xen physdev hypercall interface, leading to a denial of service or potential memory corruption.
Title qemu-kvm: Heap off-by-one in KVM Xen PHYSDEVOP_map_pirq
Weaknesses CWE-125
CWE-787
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
fedora
Published
Updated
Feb 18, 2026, 9:27 PM
Reserved
Jan 7, 2026, 12:09 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Feb 18, 2026, 9:16 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 10:11 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jan 9, 2026, 12:00 AM