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Vulnerability · CVE-2012-5959

portable_sdk_for_upnp_project portable_sdk_for_upnp Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Published Jul 13, 2018 · catalog updated Jul 13, 2018 · portable_sdk_for_upnp_project portable_sdk_for_upnp Improper Restriction

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CVE-2012-5959 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm portable_sdk_for_upnp_project portable_sdk_for_upnp Improper Restriction against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

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Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
75.80%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor portable_sdk_for_upnp_project portable_sdk_for_upnp

Stack-based buffer overflow in the unique_service_name function in ssdp/ssdp_server.c in the SSDP parser in the portable SDK for UPnP Devices (aka libupnp, formerly the Intel SDK for UPnP devices) before 1.6.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long UDN (aka uuid) field within a string that contains a :: (colon colon) in a UDP packet.

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  • vendor portable_sdk_for_upnp_project portable_sdk_for_upnpversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2012-5959

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2012-5959 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm portable_sdk_for_upnp_project portable_sdk_for_upnp Improper Restriction against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 75.80%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jul 13, 2018 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    Stack-based buffer overflow in the unique_service_name function in ssdp/ssdp_server.c in the SSDP parser in the portable SDK for UPnP Devices (aka libupnp, formerly the Intel SDK for UPnP devices) before 1.6.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long UDN (aka uuid) field within a string that contains a :: (colon colon) in a UDP packet.

  2. Jul 13, 2018 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2012-5959

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2012-5959

    30-day exploitation probability 75.8%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2012-5959

    Stack-based buffer overflow in the unique_service_name function in ssdp/ssdp_server.c in the SSDP parser in the portable SDK for UPnP Devices (aka libupnp, formerly the Intel SDK for UPnP devices) before 1.6.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long UDN (aka

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.