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CVE-2018-17281

54
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-17281 is a stack consumption vulnerability in the res_http_websocket.so module of Asterisk and Certified Asterisk, affecting versions through 13.23.0, 14.7.x through 14.7.7, and 15.x through 15.6.0. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger a denial-of-service by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to upgrade to a websocket connection. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high availability impact, but no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 13.0.0, <= 13.23.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:digium:asterisk:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
>= 14.0.0, <= 14.7.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:digium:asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 15.0.0, <= 15.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:digium:asterisk:*:*:*:*:standard:*:*:*
11.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:11.6:cert12:*:*:lts:*:*:*
11.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:digium:certified_asterisk:11.6:cert13:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
53.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5338 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

downloads.asterisk.org / pub/security/AST-2018-009.html
PatchVendor Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/149453/Asterisk-Project-Security-Advisory-AST-2018-009.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2018/Sep/31
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
issues.asterisk.org / jira/browse/ASTERISK-28013
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00034.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / bugtraq/2018/Sep/53
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201811-11
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4320
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105389
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041694
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry