PJSIP: Stack overflow parsing SDP a=crypto attributes
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
PJSIP is a free and open source multimedia communication library written in C. Prior to commit a1b707c, a stack buffer overflow exists in the SRTP/SDES media transport when processing a=crypto attributes during SDP offer/answer (sdes_encode_sdp() in transport_srtp_sdes.c). This affects applications with SRTP enabled (use_srtp optional or mandatory, using SDES keying). During media negotiation, the crypto attributes from the remote SDP are collected into a fixed-size array without bounding their number; a remote peer that includes an excessive number of a=crypto attributes in a single media description can write past the end of that array on the stack. This is reachable from an incoming SIP INVITE during offer/answer, before application-level authentication. Impact may range from unexpected application termination to control flow hijack/memory corruption. Applications that do not enable SRTP are not affected. This issue has been patched via commit a1b707c.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-57162
- 2026-10-24 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
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-2026-57162 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-57162 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2026-57162 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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