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CVE-2015-6031
Buffer overflow in the IGDstartelt function in igd_desc_parse.c in the MiniUPnP client (aka MiniUPnPc) before 1.9.20150917 allows remote…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 4.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Buffer overflow in the IGDstartelt function in igd_desc_parse.c in the MiniUPnP client (aka MiniUPnPc) before 1.9.20150917 allows remote UPNP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an "oversized" XML element name.
Timeline
ID reserved
By certcc
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.8% · top 8.0% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- https://github.com/miniupnp/miniupnp/blob/master/miniupnpc/Changelog.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201801-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- DSA-3379 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-2780-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 77306 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2015-0035/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-2780-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:2070 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://github.com/miniupnp/miniupnp/commit/79cca974a4c2ab1199786732a67ff6d898051b78 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-5974 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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