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CVE-2016-3178

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3178 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in MiniSSDPd versions 1.2.20130907-3 and earlier, specifically within the processRequest function in minissdpd.c. This flaw allows a local attacker to crash the daemon through an out-of-bounds memory access by providing a negative length value. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and low privileges, with the primary impact being high availability loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.20130907-3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:miniupnp_project:minissdpd:1.2.20130907-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
23.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0032 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Issue TrackingMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / miniupnp/miniupnp/commit/b238cade9a173c6f751a34acf8ccff838a62aa47
PatchThird Party Advisory
speirofr.appspot.com / files/advisory/SPADV-2016-02.md
PatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/03/16/13
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory