CVE-2018-16867

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    CVE-2018-16867

    Published: 12 Dec 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CGCFIFSIWUREEQQOZDZFBYKWZHXCWBZN/, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106195, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3923-1/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16867, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/12/06/1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    3.1.0-rc0
    3.1.0-rc1
    3.1.0-rc2
    3.1.0-rc3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High