CVE-2016-8863 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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 possibly execute arbitrary code via a valid URI followed by an invalid one in the CALLBACK header of an SUBSCRIBE request.

Published: 2017-03-07

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 24.4% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:libupnp_project:libupnp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-747-1	libupnp security update
Debian DLA	DLA-748-1	libupnp4 security update
Debian DSA	DSA-3736-1	libupnp security update
Ubuntu USN	USN-4794-1	libupnp vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.24433.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92849
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-52
https://sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/bugs/133/
https://sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/code/ci/master/tree/ChangeLog
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3736
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-10

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Libupnp Project Libupnp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-07T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:35:01.248Z

Reserved: 2016-10-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-8863

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-03-07T16:59:01.493

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-8863

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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