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CVE-2018-16867

A flaw was found in qemu Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) before version 3.1.0.

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
QemuQemu
through 3.0.0
Version 3.1.0
FedoraprojectFedora
Version 29
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10

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