CVE-2015-6031

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2015-6031 · Published 02/11/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2015-6031 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting miniupnpc (miniupnp project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.8%, higher than 91.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
miniupnpc miniupnp_project	`= 1.9≤ 1.9`	No fix 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.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00122.html · Mailing List
talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2015-0035 · Exploit
debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3379 · Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/77306 · Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2780-1 · Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2780-2 · Third Party Advisory
miniupnp/miniupnp · Third Party Advisory
miniupnp/miniupnp commit 79cca97 · Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-08 · Third Party Advisory

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