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TI-2017-12265 Aliases CVE-2017-16672GHSA-6j42-f94q-5pq7

An issue was discovered in Asterisk Open Source 13 before 13.18.1, 14 before 14.7.1, and…

Priority LOW 34CWE-772Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-772.

Summary

An issue was discovered in Asterisk Open Source 13 before 13.18.1, 14 before 14.7.1, and 15 before 15.1.1 and Certified Asterisk 13.13 before 13.13-cert7. A memory leak occurs when an Asterisk pjsip session object is created and that call gets rejected before the session itself is fully established. When this happens the session object never gets destroyed. Eventually Asterisk can run out of memory and crash.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.04678 91st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 12

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:digium:asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*13.0.0 to before 13.18.1; 14.0.0 to before 14.7.1; 15.0.0 to before 15.1.1VulnerableDigium
cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*13.13.0VulnerableDigium
cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.13.0:cert1:*:*:*:*:*:*13.13.0 cert1VulnerableDigium
cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.13.0:cert1_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*13.13.0 cert1_rc1VulnerableDigium
cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.13.0:cert1_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*13.13.0 cert1_rc2VulnerableDigium
cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.13.0:cert1_rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*13.13.0 cert1_rc3VulnerableDigium
cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.13.0:cert1_rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*13.13.0 cert1_rc4VulnerableDigium
cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.13.0:cert2:*:*:*:*:*:*13.13.0 cert2VulnerableDigium
cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.13.0:cert3:*:*:*:*:*:*13.13.0 cert3VulnerableDigium
cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.13.0:cert4:*:*:*:*:*:*13.13.0 cert4VulnerableDigium
  • cpe:2.3:a:digium:asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.0.0 to before 13.18.1; 14.0.0 to before 14.7.1; 15.0.0 to before 15.1.1 Vulnerable ·Digium
  • cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.13.0 Vulnerable ·Digium
  • cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.13.0:cert1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.13.0 cert1 Vulnerable ·Digium
  • cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.13.0:cert1_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.13.0 cert1_rc1 Vulnerable ·Digium
  • cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.13.0:cert1_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.13.0 cert1_rc2 Vulnerable ·Digium
  • cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.13.0:cert1_rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.13.0 cert1_rc3 Vulnerable ·Digium
  • cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.13.0:cert1_rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.13.0 cert1_rc4 Vulnerable ·Digium
  • cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.13.0:cert2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.13.0 cert2 Vulnerable ·Digium
  • cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.13.0:cert3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.13.0 cert3 Vulnerable ·Digium
  • cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.13.0:cert4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.13.0 cert4 Vulnerable ·Digium
Show 2 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.13.0:cert5:*:*:*:*:*:*13.13.0 cert5VulnerableDigium
cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.13.0:cert6:*:*:*:*:*:*13.13.0 cert6VulnerableDigium
  • cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.13.0:cert5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.13.0 cert5 Vulnerable ·Digium
  • cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:13.13.0:cert6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.13.0 cert6 Vulnerable ·Digium

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-16672
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6j42-f94q-5pq7

References

Advisory 4

  • TI-2006-05256 Integer overflow in the get_input function in the Skinny channel driver (chan_skinny.c)… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2017-12542 An issue was discovered in chan_skinny.c in Asterisk Open Source 13.18.2 and older… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-27195 Asterisk susceptible to Denial of Service via DTLS Hello packets during call initiation CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2017-13083 An issue was discovered in Asterisk 13.18.4 and older, 14.7.4 and older, 15.1.4 and… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-13459 An issue was discovered in manager.c in Sangoma Asterisk through 13.x, 16.x, 17.x and… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2018-05283 A Buffer Overflow issue was discovered in Asterisk through 13.19.1, 14.x through 14.7.5… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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