CVE-2026-5720
Received Received - Intake
Integer Underflow in miniupnpd SOAPAction Parsing Causes DoS, Data Leak

Publication date: 2026-04-17

Last updated on: 2026-05-04

Assigner: VulnCheck

Description
miniupnpd contains an integer underflow vulnerability in SOAPAction header parsing that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or information disclosure by sending a malformed SOAPAction header with a single quote. Attackers can trigger an out-of-bounds memory read by exploiting improper length validation in ParseHttpHeaders(), where the parsed length underflows to a large unsigned value when passed to memchr(), causing the process to scan memory far beyond the allocated HTTP request buffer.
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Published
2026-04-17
Last Modified
2026-05-04
Generated
2026-05-07
AI Q&A
2026-04-18
EPSS Evaluated
2026-05-05
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Showing 1 associated CPE
Vendor Product Version / Range
miniupnp miniupnpd *
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CWE ID Description
CWE-125 The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
CWE-191 The product subtracts one value from another, such that the result is less than the minimum allowable integer value, which produces a value that is not equal to the correct result.
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?

The vulnerability in miniupnpd is an integer underflow issue in the parsing of the SOAPAction header. When a remote attacker sends a malformed SOAPAction header containing a single quote, the length calculation underflows, resulting in a very large unsigned value. This causes the function ParseHttpHeaders() to perform an out-of-bounds memory read by scanning memory beyond the allocated HTTP request buffer.


How can this vulnerability impact me? :

This vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or to disclose information. The out-of-bounds memory read triggered by the malformed SOAPAction header can lead to the process crashing or leaking sensitive information from memory.


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