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CVE-2008-1333

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1333 describes a format string vulnerability in Asterisk Open Source 1.6.x before 1.6.0-beta6. This flaw could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through improperly handled logging messages via the ast_verbose logging API or the astman_append function. With a CVSS score of 5.8, it has a medium severity, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity leading to partial impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6.0_beta1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.6.0_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0_beta2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.6.0_beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0_beta3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.6.0_beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0_beta4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.6.0_beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0_beta5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.6.0_beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0322 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-1333

asterisk: Format String Vulnerability in Logger and Manager (AST-2008-004)

References

downloads.digium.com / pub/security/AST-2008-004.html
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/29426
secunia.com / advisories/29456
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41301
asterisk.org / node/48466
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1525
securityfocus.com / archive/1/489823/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/28311
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0928