CVE-2017-1000494 Memory corruption in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service via memory corruption in the miniupnpd UPnP daemon due to an uninitialized stack variable.
- 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-2017-1000494?
CVE-2017-1000494 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Jan 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Uninitialized stack variable vulnerability in NameValueParserEndElt (upnpreplyparse.c) in miniupnpd < 2.0 allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault and Memory Corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1000494?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Miniupnp Project Miniupnpd.
How do I fix CVE-2017-1000494?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2017-1000494 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1000494 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000494, GHSA-cmwg-g372-6738, MGASA-2018-0250, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000494, USN-3562-1.