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CVE-2014-3985 json

The getHTTPResponse function in miniwget.c in MiniUPnP 1.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted headers…

published 2014-09-11 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-3918

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.3%
EPSS 3.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The getHTTPResponse function in miniwget.c in MiniUPnP 1.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted headers that trigger an out-of-bounds read.

Patch / fix

  • miniupnpc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.6-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3985

  • miniupnpc Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.6-3ubuntu2.14.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3985

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Exploit prediction

3.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/201 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/496 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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