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CVE-2018-8828

44
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
31.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3134 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / EnableSecurity/advisories/tree/master/ES2018-05-kamailio-heap-overflow
Third Party Advisory
github.com / kamailio/kamailio/commit/e1d8008a09d9390ebaf698abe8909e10dfec4097
PatchThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4240-1
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4148
Third Party Advisory