CVE-2017-9831

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Published 2017-06-24 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

6.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

4.6

VIR risk

6.8

Description

An integer overflow vulnerability in the ptp_unpack_EOS_CustomFuncEx function of the ptp-pack.c file of libmtp (version 1.1.12 and below) allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access) or maybe remote code execution by inserting a mobile device into a personal computer through a USB cable.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

67%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9831

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9831.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://sourceforge.net/p/libmtp/mailman/message/35735992/

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1.1.13-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1.1.13-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`1.1.13-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`1.1.13-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1.1.13-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
libmtp_project	libmtp	`1.1.12`

References

CWEs

CWE-190

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.