QEMU CVE-2018-16872 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:106212

CVE-2018-16872 |

Info

QEMU CVE-2018-16872 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 106212
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2018-16872
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 13 2018 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 13 2018 12:00AM
Credit: Michael Hanselmann
Vulnerable: QEMU QEMU 0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

QEMU CVE-2018-16872 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

QEMU is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue using directory-traversal characters ('../') to access and write arbitrary files or to execute arbitrary files.

Solution / Fix

QEMU CVE-2018-16872 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

© CVE.report 2026 |

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report