CVE-2016-3178 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can crash the MiniSSDPd daemon by triggering an out-of-bounds memory access via a negative length value.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-3178?
CVE-2016-3178 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Mar 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The processRequest function in minissdpd.c in MiniSSDPd 1.2.20130907-3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and daemon crash) via vectors involving a negative length value.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3178?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Miniupnp Project Minissdpd.
How do I fix CVE-2016-3178?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2016-3178 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3178 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3178, GHSA-xm64-phgg-mwc9, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3178.