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CVE-2018-16867

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 12, 2018 at 01:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:44 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsFedoraUbuntu LinuxQEMU

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

A flaw was found in qemu Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) before version 3.1.0. A path traversal in the in usb_mtp_write_data function in hw/usb/dev-mtp.c due to an improper filename sanitization. When the guest device is mounted in read-write mode, this allows to read/write arbitrary files which may lead do DoS scenario OR possibly lead to code execution on the host.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (5)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106195
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16867
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CGCFIFSIWUREEQQOZDZFBYKWZHXCWBZN/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3923-1/
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/12/06/1

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362

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