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CVE-2018-16867

Published: 12 December 2018

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
qemu
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
cosmic
Released (1:2.12+dfsg-3ubuntu8.6)
trusty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=c52d46e041b42bb1ee6f692e00a0abe37a9659f6
qemu-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H