USN-2780-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2780-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2780-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2780-1
Upstream
Related
Published
2015-10-20T21:49:14.148849Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:09Z
Summary
miniupnpc vulnerability
Details

Aleksandar Nikolic discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in the XML parser functionality of the MiniUPnP library. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user running an application that uses the MiniUPnP library.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / miniupnpc

Package

Name
miniupnpc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/miniupnpc@1.6-3ubuntu2.14.04.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.6-3ubuntu2.14.04.2

Affected versions

1.*

1.6-3ubuntu2
1.6-3ubuntu2.14.04.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6-3ubuntu2.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libminiupnpc-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6-3ubuntu2.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libminiupnpc8"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6-3ubuntu2.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "miniupnpc"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2015-6031"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}