device: 0.789 graphic: 0.734 performance: 0.709 files: 0.682 PID: 0.570 semantic: 0.462 other: 0.388 permissions: 0.324 socket: 0.294 debug: 0.283 network: 0.264 vnc: 0.212 boot: 0.111 KVM: 0.060 vmdk files cause qemu-img to consume lots of time and memory The two attached files cause 'qemu-img info' to consume lots of time and memory. Around 10-12 seconds of CPU time, and around 3-4 GB of heap. $ /usr/bin/time ~/d/qemu/qemu-img info afl10.img qemu-img: Can't get size of device 'image': File too large 0.40user 11.57system 0:12.03elapsed 99%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 4197804maxresident)k 56inputs+0outputs (0major+1045672minor)pagefaults 0swaps $ /usr/bin/time ~/d/qemu/qemu-img info afl11.img image: afl11.img file format: vmdk virtual size: 12802T (14075741666803712 bytes) disk size: 4.0K cluster_size: 65536 Format specific information: cid: 4294967295 parent cid: 4294967295 create type: monolithicSparse extents: [0]: virtual size: 14075741666803712 filename: afl11.img cluster size: 65536 format: 0.29user 9.10system 0:09.43elapsed 99%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 3297360maxresident)k 8inputs+0outputs (0major+820507minor)pagefaults 0swaps Both files were found by using american-fuzzy-lop. Looking through old bug tickets... can you still reproduce this issue with the latest version of QEMU? Or could we close this ticket nowadays? [Expired for QEMU because there has been no activity for 60 days.]