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CVE-2017-8798 in the critical feed json

Integer signedness error in MiniUPnP MiniUPnPc v1.4.20101221 through v2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly…

published 2017-05-11 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-17741

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
24.0%
EPSS 24.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Integer signedness error in MiniUPnP MiniUPnPc v1.4.20101221 through v2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Patch / fix

  • miniupnpc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.9.20140610-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8798

  • miniupnpc Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.6-3ubuntu2.14.04.3
  • miniupnpc Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.9.20140610-2ubuntu2.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8798

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

  • miniupnpc Alpine 3.6 2.0-r1

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-8798

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • miniupnpc Arch Linux 2.0.20170509-1

arch linux advisories AVG-327

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-8798 updated cvss 7.5

miniupnpc: Integer signedness error

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-43501)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

24.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-43501 MiniUPnP MiniUPnPc < 2.0 - Remote Denial of Service dos, 2017-05-11
  • github.com https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2017-8798 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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