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CVE-2008-1289

33
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1289 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in various Asterisk products, including Open Source, Business Edition, AsteriskNOW, and s800i versions. These flaws allow remote attackers to write arbitrary data to memory by sending specially crafted RTP payloads, specifically through large payload numbers or a high quantity of payloads. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation is confirmed, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and its FAUCET Risk Score of 96/100 indicates a significant threat despite limited community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_appliance_developer_kit:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= c.1.0-beta8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= c.1.0beta7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisknow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.4.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-31440 · Mar 18, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1152 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-1289

asterisk: Two buffer overflows in RTP Codec Payload Handling (AST-2008-002)

References

downloads.digium.com / pub/security/AST-2008-002.html
labs.musecurity.com / advisories/MU-200803-01.txt
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/29426
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29470
securityreason.com / securityalert/3763
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41302
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41305
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00438.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00514.html
asterisk.org / node/48466
securityfocus.com / archive/1/489817/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/28308
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0928