UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8863

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8863

    Published: 7 Mar 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-8863
    Aliases:
    USN-4794-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8863, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8863, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4794-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libupnp

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libupnp@1:1.6.17-1.2+deb7u2build0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:1.6.17-1.2+deb7u2build0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    1:1.6.17-1.2
    1:1.6.17-1.2+deb7u1build0.14.04.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High