CVE-2017-9358

7.5 HIGH
Published: June 02, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

A memory exhaustion vulnerability exists in Asterisk Open Source 13.x before 13.15.1 and 14.x before 14.4.1 and Certified Asterisk 13.13 before 13.13-cert4, which can be triggered by sending specially crafted SCCP packets causing an infinite loop and leading to memory exhaustion (by message logging in that loop).

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2017-004.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98573
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.debian.org/863906
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2017-004.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98573
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038531
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugs.debian.org/863906
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.8%
85th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

sangoma asterisk