CVE-2018-7286
An issue was discovered in Asterisk through 13.19.1, 14.x through 14.7.5, and 15.x through 15.2.1, and Certified Asterisk through 13.18-cert2. res_pjsip allows remote authenticated users to crash Asterisk (segmentation fault) by sending a number of SIP…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 52.7%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
An issue was discovered in Asterisk through 13.19.1, 14.x through 14.7.5, and 15.x through 15.2.1, and Certified Asterisk through 13.18-cert2. res_pjsip allows remote authenticated users to crash Asterisk (segmentation fault) by sending a number of SIP INVITE messages on a TCP or TLS connection and then suddenly closing the connection.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 52.73% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 27 February 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- digium/asterisk · digium/certified asterisk · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 31.6% on 21 September 2026 to 52.7% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2018-005.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103129Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040417Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-27618Vendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4320Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44181/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2018-005.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103129Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040417Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-27618Vendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4320Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44181/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.