CVE-2012-5960
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 32.6%EU EUVD
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 upnp:rootdevice) field in a UDP packet.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 32.6% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-5834)
- Published
- January 31, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5834 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- portable sdk for upnp project / portable sdk for upnp
- portable sdk for upnp project / portable sdk for upnp
- portable sdk for upnp project / portable sdk for upnp
- portable sdk for upnp project / portable sdk for upnp
- portable sdk for upnp project / portable sdk for upnp
- portable sdk for upnp project / portable sdk for upnp
- portable sdk for upnp project / portable sdk for upnp
- portable sdk for upnp project / portable sdk for upnp
- portable sdk for upnp project / portable sdk for upnp
- portable sdk for upnp project / portable sdk for upnp
- portable sdk for upnp project / portable sdk for upnp
- portable sdk for upnp project / portable sdk for upnp
- portable sdk for upnp project / portable sdk for upnp
- portable sdk for upnp project / portable sdk for upnp
- portable sdk for upnp project / portable sdk for upnp
- portable sdk for upnp project / portable sdk for upnp
- portable sdk for upnp project / portable sdk for upnp
- portable sdk for upnp project / portable sdk for upnp
- portable sdk for upnp project / portable sdk for upnp
- portable sdk for upnp project / portable sdk for upnp
- portable sdk for upnp project / portable sdk for upnp
- portable sdk for upnp project / portable sdk for upnp
- portable sdk for upnp project / portable sdk for upnp
- portable sdk for upnp project / portable sdk for upnp
- portable sdk for upnp project / portable sdk for upnp
- portable sdk for upnp project / portable sdk for upnp
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://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2614
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2615
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/922681(Patch, US Government Resource)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:098
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57602(Exploit)
- 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
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-10
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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