CVE-2026-84270
Published:September 01, 2026
Updated:September 02, 2026
A flaw was found in the MTP backend in gvfs. When reading a file from a mounted MTP device, do_read() in gvfsbackendmtp.c trusts the data length returned by the device without limiting it to the original size requested by the client. If a malicious MTP device responds with more bytes than requested, this unrestricted length is passed directly to memcpy(). This causes the operation to read memory outside the intended boundaries. This allows an attacker who plugs in a malicious MTP device to cause a segmentation fault when a file is read and crash the gvfsd-mtp process, resulting in a denial of service.
Affected Packages
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs.git (SCM_GIT):
Affected version(s) =1.61.1 <1.61.90Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.61.90https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs.git (SCM_GIT):
Affected version(s) >=1.60.0 <1.60.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.60.2Related Resources (3)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
5.1
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
4.3
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Out-of-bounds Read