Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 12, 2018· Updated Aug 5, 2024
CVE-2018-16867
CVE-2018-16867
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.
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References
5- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CGCFIFSIWUREEQQOZDZFBYKWZHXCWBZN/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- usn.ubuntu.com/3923-1/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/106195mitrevdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/12/06/1mitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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