PJSIP vulnerable to heap buffer overflow when decoding STUN message
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-122 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
PJSIP is a free and open source multimedia communication library written in C language implementing standard based protocols such as SIP, SDP, RTP, STUN, TURN, and ICE. Buffer overread is possible when parsing a specially crafted STUN message with unknown attribute. The vulnerability affects applications that uses STUN including PJNATH and PJSUA-LIB. The patch is available as a commit in the master branch (2.13.1).
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pjsip | pjproject | up to 2.13 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- pjproject Vendorpjsip Affected up to 2.13 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-23537
References
More pjsip vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-13076 Potential stack buffer overflow when parsing message as a STUN client CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-08599 Potential out-of-bound read/write in PJSIP CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-20051 PJSIP has use-after-free vulnerability in SRTP media transport CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-06096 Out-of-bounds read in multipart parsing in PJSIP CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2022-07661 Use after free in PJSIP CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-06095 Potential out-of-bound read during RTP/RTCP parsing in PJSIP CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2022-23537 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-23537 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2022-23537 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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