# CVE-2015-6031: Buffer overflow in the IGDstartelt function in igd\_desc\_parse.c in the MiniUPnP client (aka MiniUPnPc) before 1.9.20150917 allows remote UPN

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2015-11-02 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Buffer overflow in the IGDstartelt function in igd_desc_parse.c in the MiniUPnP client (aka MiniUPnPc) before 1.9.20150917 allows remote UPNP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an "oversized" XML element name.

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## References

- https://github.com/miniupnp/miniupnp/blob/master/miniupnpc/Changelog.txt
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-08
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3379
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2780-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77306
- http://talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2015-0035/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2780-2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00122.html
- https://github.com/miniupnp/miniupnp/commit/79cca974a4c2ab1199786732a67ff6d898051b78

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