CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-3179

Use After Free

Published: Mar 24, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

Weakness

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Minissdpd Miniupnp_project 1.2.20130907-3 (including) 1.2.20130907-3 (including)
Minissdpd Ubuntu artful *
Minissdpd Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Minissdpd Ubuntu precise *
Minissdpd Ubuntu trusty *
Minissdpd Ubuntu upstream *
Minissdpd Ubuntu wily *
Minissdpd Ubuntu xenial *
Minissdpd Ubuntu yakkety *
Minissdpd Ubuntu zesty *

Potential Mitigations

References