CVE-2014-3985 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash MiniUPnP applications via crafted HTTP headers, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-3985?
CVE-2014-3985 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 11 Sep 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The getHTTPResponse function in miniwget.c in MiniUPnP 1.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted headers that trigger an out-of-bounds read.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3985?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Miniupnp Project Miniupnp, Opensuse Opensuse.
How do I fix CVE-2014-3985?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2014-3985 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3985 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3985, GHSA-jwgg-6gv4-m9cx, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3985, USN-2280-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:10434-1.