Security advisory

{
  "id": "e0175eb775125f5606006c9e89f4fce3d94c2398643f1fdacb1a530b3b359a01",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8863",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-8863",
    "summary": "Heap-based buffer overflow in the create_url_list function in gena/gena_device.c in Portable UPnP SDK (aka libupnp) before 1.6.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a valid URI followed by an invalid one in the CALLBACK header of an SUBSCRIBE request.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-8863",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-8863",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-8863"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/pupnp/pupnp",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "019095d79f8c7227f53ad11ac2013fb9b8d3dd94"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libupnp_project:libupnp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.6.20"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "release-1.6.20",
            "release-1.6.19",
            "release-1.6.18",
            "release-1.6.17",
            "release-1.6.16",
            "release-1.6.15",
            "release-1.6.14",
            "release-1.6.13",
            "release-1.6.12",
            "release-1.6.11",
            "release-1.6.10",
            "release-1.6.9",
            "release-1.6.8",
            "release-1.6.7",
            "last_svn_1.6.x"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8863.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:33.721042112Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-10",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-52",
        "https://sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/code/ci/master/tree/ChangeLog",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3736",
        "https://sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/bugs/133/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-8863",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433349,
  "published_at": "2017-03-07T16:59:01.493+00:00"
}