CVE-2008-1289 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 11.5% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Asterisk Open Source 1.4.x before 1.4.18.1 and 1.4.19-rc3, Open Source 1.6.x before 1.6.0-beta6, Business Edition C.x.x before C.1.6.1, AsteriskNOW 1.0.x before 1.0.2, Appliance Developer Kit before 1.4 revision 109386, and s800i 1.1.x before 1.1.0.2 allow remote attackers to (1) write a zero to an arbitrary memory location via a large RTP payload number, related to the ast_rtp_unset_m_type function in main/rtp.c; or (2) write certain integers to an arbitrary memory location via a large number of RTP payloads, related to the process_sdp function in channels/chan_sip.c.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 11.52% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-03-24 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (5)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| asterisk | asterisk appliance developer kit |
| asterisk | asterisk business edition |
| asterisk | asterisknow |
| asterisk | open source |
| asterisk | s800i |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Asterisk 1.4.x - RTP Codec Payload Handling Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities | 2008-03-18 |
References
- http://downloads.digium.com/pub/security/AST-2008-002.html
- http://labs.musecurity.com/advisories/MU-200803-01.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29426
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29470
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3763
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019628
- http://www.asterisk.org/node/48466
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489817/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28308
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0928
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41302
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41305
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00438.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00514.html
- http://downloads.digium.com/pub/security/AST-2008-002.html
- http://labs.musecurity.com/advisories/MU-200803-01.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29426
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29470
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3763
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019628
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