CVE-2017-16672
5.9
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 5.3%
Description
An issue was discovered in Asterisk Open Source 13 before 13.18.1, 14 before 14.7.1, and 15 before 15.1.1 and Certified Asterisk 13.13 before 13.13-cert7. A memory leak occurs when an Asterisk pjsip session object is created and that call gets rejected before the session itself is fully established. When this happens the session object never gets destroyed. Eventually Asterisk can run out of memory and crash.
How to fix CVE-2017-16672
To remediate CVE-2017-16672, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1:13.18.1~dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-16672 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 5.3%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1:13.18.1~dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |