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TI-2018-05284 Aliases CVE-2018-7285GHSA-2pjx-4j7g-wf3f

A NULL pointer access issue was discovered in Asterisk 15.x through 15.2.1.

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-476Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
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-476.

Summary

A NULL pointer access issue was discovered in Asterisk 15.x through 15.2.1. The RTP support in Asterisk maintains its own registry of dynamic codecs and desired payload numbers. While an SDP negotiation may result in a codec using a different payload number, these desired ones are still stored internally. When an RTP packet was received, this registry would be consulted if the payload number was not found in the negotiated SDP. This registry was incorrectly consulted for all packets, even those which are dynamic. If the payload number resulted in a codec of a different type than the RTP stream (for example, the payload number resulted in a video codec but the stream carried audio), a crash could occur if no stream of that type had been negotiated. This was due to the code incorrectly assuming that a stream of that type would always exist.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05037 92nd 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 · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:digium:asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*15.0.0 – 15.2.1VulnerableDigium
  • cpe:2.3:a:digium:asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.0.0 – 15.2.1 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-2018-7285
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2pjx-4j7g-wf3f

References

Patch 1

  • 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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