CVE-2016-8863
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 8.5% (pctl 95)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 8.49% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-03-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| libupnp project | libupnp |
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
- 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
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