CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2018-16867
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 36% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-362
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
- fedoraproject:fedora
- qemu:qemu
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106195
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16867
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CGCFIFSIWUREEQQOZDZFBYKWZHXCWBZN/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3923-1/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/12/06/1