CVE-2018-8828 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Kamailio versions before 4.4.7, 5.0.x before 5.0.6, and 5.1.x before 5.1.2. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger this flaw by sending a specially crafted REGISTER message with a malformed branch or From tag, leading to an off-by-one error in the tmx_check_pretran function. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring no user interaction or privileges. Despite its high severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kamailio:kamailio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.0.0, < 5.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kamailio:kamailio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.1.0, < 5.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kamailio:kamailio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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