CVE-2016-8863
Heap-based buffer overflow in the create_url_list function in gena/gena_device.c in Portable UPnP SDK (aka libupnp) before 1.6.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the create_url_list function in gena/gena_device.c in Portable UPnP SDK (aka libupnp) before 1.6.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 8.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-03-07 16:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 02:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-10-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c1062f9a0829ff9fb7ed26cbee2e2b754385aa2cdbc44ed787965a8385d18676
05 Affected products
06 References
- sourceforge.nethttps://sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/bugs/133/
- sourceforge.nethttps://sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/code/ci/master/tree/ChangeLog
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-52https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-52
- www.debian.orgDSA-3736https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3736
- www.tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-10
- www.securityfocus.com92849http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92849
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- libupnp Fixed in 1:1.6.17-1.2+deb7u2build0.14.04.1
- libupnp4 Fixed in 1.8.0~svn20100507-1.2+deb7u1build0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- libupnp Fixed in 1:1.6.19+git20160116-1ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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