CVE-2015-6031

medium
Published 2015-11-02 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6031

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debian7.0affected
debian debian8.0affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.04affected
suse suse42.1affected
suse suse13.1affected
suse suse13.2affected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.9.20140610-2.1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.9.20140610-2.1
debian debianforkyfixed1.9.20140610-2.1
debian debiansidfixed1.9.20140610-2.1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.9.20140610-2.1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
miniupnp_projectminiupnpc{"endIncluding":"1.9"}
miniupnp_projectminiupnpc1.9

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.