CVE-2016-8863

CRITICAL

Portable UPnP SDK <1.6.21 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

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.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WRITEUP 1 stars

by mephi42 · poc

https://github.com/mephi42/CVE-2016-8863

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References (6)

[Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory] https://sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/bugs/133/

[Release Notes, Third Party Advisory] https://sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/code/ci/master/tree/ChangeLog

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3736

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-10

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92849

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-52

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.2443

EPSS Percentile 96.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Products (2)

debian/debian_linux 8.0

libupnp_project/libupnp < 1.6.20

Published Mar 07, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026