CVE-2016-8863

HIGH

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.

References

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

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2017-03-07

Updated: 2017-11-03

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: HIGH

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: CRITICAL