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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 36.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-12-12 13:00Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 10:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-09-11
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.0)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- da68aa990656e56e7ce32c1b14c8d69ebbe297499ddcb42cee1df498bbbf1301
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16867
- www.securityfocus.com106195http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106195
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20181206 CVE-2018-16867 QEMU: dev-mtp: path traversal in usb_mtp_write_data of the Media Transfer Protocol (MTP)https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/12/06/1
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-88a98ce795https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CGCFIFSIWUREEQQOZDZFBYKWZHXCWBZN/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3923-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3923-1/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- qemu Fixed in 1:3.1+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- qemu Fixed in 1:3.1+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- qemu Fixed in 1:3.1+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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