CVE-2016-3179

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2016-3179 · Published 24/03/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-3179 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting minissdpd (miniupnp project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.32%, higher than 24.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
minissdpd miniupnp_project	`= 1.2.20130907-3`	No fix yet

Description

The processRequest function in minissdpd.c in MiniSSDPd 1.2.20130907-3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (invalid free and daemon crash) via vectors related to error handling.

References

speirofr.appspot.com/files/advisory/SPADV-2016-02.md · Patch
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/16/13 · Mailing List
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi · Issue Tracking
miniupnp/miniupnp commit 140ee8d · Issue Tracking

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