Medium severity · published Sep 1, 2026
CVE-2026-84270
Gvfs: mtp: out-of-bounds read in do_read()
4.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 12% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
GV
gvfs · GNOME
before 1.60.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84270
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-84270
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-84270
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2526794
gitlab.gnome.org
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/-/issues/864
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