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CVE-2012-5961

60
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5961 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the unique_service_name function within the SSDP parser of the Portable SDK for UPnP Devices (libupnp) version 1.3.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a crafted UDP packet containing an excessively long UDN field. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a Metasploit module for this vulnerability exists (EDB-24455), indicating public exploit code availability, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libupnp_project:libupnp:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
36.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-24455 · Feb 5, 2013
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3693 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-5961Important

libupnp: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in unique_service_name() by processing specially-crafted SSDP request (VU#922681)

Jan 29, 2013

References

pupnp.sourceforge.net / ChangeLog
community.rapid7.com / community/infosec/blog/2013/01/29/security-flaws-in-universal-plug-and-play-unplug-dont-play
community.rapid7.com / servlet/JiveServlet/download/2150-1-16596/SecurityFlawsUPnP.pdf
community.rapid7.com / servlet/servlet.FileDownload
wiki.mageia.org / en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0037
tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20130129-upnp
tsd.dlink.com.tw / temp/PMD/12879/DSR-500_500N_1000_1000N_A1_Release_Notes_FW_v1.08B77_WW.pdf
tsd.dlink.com.tw / temp/PMD/12960/DSR-150N_A2_Release_Notes_FW_v1.05B64_WW.pdf
tsd.dlink.com.tw / temp/PMD/12966/DSR-150_A1_A2_Release_Notes_FW_v1.08B44_WW.pdf
tsd.dlink.com.tw / temp/PMD/13039/DSR-250_250N_A1_A2_Release_Notes_FW_v1.08B44_WW_RU.pdf
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2614
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2615
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/922681
PatchUS Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/57602
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