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CVE-2012-5965

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 36.9% 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) 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long DeviceType (aka urn device) field in a UDP packet.

Affected products

• Portable Sdk For Upnp Project Portable Sdk For Upnp: 1.3.1

References

• http://pupnp.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20130129-upnp
• 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
• https://community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2013/01/29/security-flaws-in-universal-plug-and-play-unplug-dont-play
• https://community.rapid7.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/2150-1-16596/SecurityFlawsUPnP.pdf
• https://community.rapid7.com/servlet/servlet.FileDownload?file=00P1400000cCaFb
• https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0037
• http://pupnp.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog

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