CVE-2012-5959

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 75.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-01-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the unique_service_name function in ssdp/ssdp_server.c in the SSDP parser in the portable SDK for UPnP Devices (aka libupnp, formerly the Intel SDK for UPnP devices) before 1.6.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long UDN (aka uuid) field within a string that contains a :: (colon colon) in a UDP packet.

Affected products

Portable Sdk For Upnp Project Portable Sdk For Upnp: through 1.6.17; 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5 (+19)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00013.html
http://pupnp.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20130129-upnp
http://tsd.dlink.com.tw/temp/PMD/12879/DSR-500_500N_1000_1000N_A1_Release_Notes_FW_v1.08B77_WW.pdf
http://tsd.dlink.com.tw/temp/PMD/12960/DSR-150N_A2_Release_Notes_FW_v1.05B64_WW.pdf
http://tsd.dlink.com.tw/temp/PMD/12966/DSR-150_A1_A2_Release_Notes_FW_v1.08B44_WW.pdf
http://tsd.dlink.com.tw/temp/PMD/13039/DSR-250_250N_A1_A2_Release_Notes_FW_v1.08B44_WW_RU.pdf
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2614
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2615
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/922681
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:098
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57602

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