Buffer overflow in pjlib scanner and pjmedia
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
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-120 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
PJSIP is a free and open source multimedia communication library written in C. In versions of PJSIP prior to 2.13 the PJSIP parser, PJMEDIA RTP decoder, and PJMEDIA SDP parser are affeced by a buffer overflow vulnerability. Users connecting to untrusted clients are at risk. This issue has been patched and is available as commit c4d3498 in the master branch and will be included in releases 2.13 and later. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA pjproject (pjsip) Fixed in 2.13
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-39244
References
Advisory 3
More Pjsip vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-08599 Potential out-of-bound read/write in PJSIP CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-21009 PJSIP has a heap buffer overflow in ICE with long username CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.1
- TI-2026-29548 PJSIP: Stack buffer overflow in pjsip_auth_create_digest2() CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.1
- TI-2026-23213 PJSIP: Stack buffer overflow in Opus codec parser CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-22993 PJSIP: Heap use-after-free in PJSIP presence subscription termination handler CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2022-07601 Heap buffer overflow in pjproject when decoding STUN message CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2022-39244 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-39244 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2022-39244 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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