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CVE-2018-16867: canonical ubuntu_linux Race Condition

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2018-16867
Published 12-12-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-16867 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Race Condition vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.42%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 12-12-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

35%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.42% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.42%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

[unknown]1 product
  • qemu:3.1.0
Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • qemu< 1:3.1+dfsg-1
Fedoraproject1 product
Qemu1 product
  • qemu≤ 3.0.0 | 3.1.0:rc0 | 3.1.0:rc1 | 3.1.0:rc2 | 3.1.0:rc3

5 vendors · 5 products

References

6 links