CVE-2006-5444 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 86.5% (pctl 100)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Integer overflow in the get_input function in the Skinny channel driver (chan_skinny.c) in Asterisk 1.0.x before 1.0.12 and 1.2.x before 1.2.13, as used by Cisco SCCP phones, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a certain dlen value that passes a signed integer comparison and leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 86.45% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-10-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| digium | asterisk |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Asterisk 1.0.12/1.2.12.1 - 'chan_skinny' Remote Heap Overflow (PoC) | 2006-10-19 |
References
- http://ftp.digium.com/pub/asterisk/releases/ChangeLog-1.0.12
- http://ftp.digium.com/pub/asterisk/releases/ChangeLog-1.2.13
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-October/050171.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22480
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22651
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22979
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23212
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017089
- http://www.asterisk.org/node/109
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200610-15.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521252
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_69_asterisk.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/29972
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449127/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449183/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20617
- http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1229
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4097
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29663
- http://ftp.digium.com/pub/asterisk/releases/ChangeLog-1.0.12
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