CVE-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.

• CWE-362
• CWE-362

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106195Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16867Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CGCFIFSIWUREEQQOZDZFBYKWZHXCWBZN/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3923-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/12/06/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106195Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16867Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CGCFIFSIWUREEQQOZDZFBYKWZHXCWBZN/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3923-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/12/06/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Published

Dec 12, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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