CVE-2016-8863
CRITICAL severity · CVSS 9.8 · Memory corruption
9.8CVSS CRITICAL
Summary
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 possibly execute arbitrary code via a valid URI followed by an invalid one in the CALLBACK header of an SUBSCRIBE request.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)8%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92849
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-52
- https://sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/bugs/133/Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/code/ci/master/tree/ChangeLogAdvisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3736Advisory
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-10