CVE-2017-9831: Libmtp Project Libmtp

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

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Published 2017-06-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.