What is CVE-2016-3179?

CVE-2016-3179 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Miniupnp Project Minissdpd, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-03-24.

How severe is CVE-2016-3179?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Use After Free in Miniupnp Project Minissdpd

CVE-2016-3179

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.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.003 (24.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Miniupnp_project Minissdpd — versions 1.2.20130907-3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3179?: CVE-2016-3179 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Miniupnp Project Minissdpd, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2016-3179?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.