CVE-2020-13848

Description

Portable UPnP SDK (aka libupnp) 1.12.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted SSDP message due to a NULL pointer dereference in the functions FindServiceControlURLPath and FindServiceEventURLPath in genlib/service_table/service_table.c.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.06% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/pupnp/pupnp/issues/177 third party advisory
https://github.com/pupnp/pupnp/commit/c805c1de1141cb22f74c0d94dd5664bda37398e0 third party advisory patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00006.html third party advisory mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00033.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00030.html vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00007.html mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-13848?
CVE-2020-13848 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-13848?
To fix CVE-2020-13848, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-13848 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-13848 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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