CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-9358

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A memory exhaustion vulnerability exists in Asterisk Open Source 13.x before 13.15.1 and 14.x before 14.4.1 and Certified Asterisk 13.13 before 13.13-cert4. It can be triggered by sending specially crafted SCCP packets causing an infinite loop and leading to memory exhaustion.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to a crash of the Asterisk system, which could affect the availability of communication services within the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Asterisk to version 13.15.1, 14.4.1 or later to mitigate the risks associated with this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

A memory exhaustion vulnerability exists in Asterisk Open Source 13.x before 13.15.1 and 14.x before 14.4.1 and Certified Asterisk 13.13 before 13.13-cert4, which can be triggered by sending specially crafted SCCP packets causing an infinite loop and leading to memory exhaustion (by message logging in that loop).

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS