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CVE-2012-1183

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1183 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the Miliwatt application within Asterisk versions 1.4.x, 1.6.x, 1.8.x, and 10.x. This vulnerability, triggered when the 'o' option is used and internal_timing is off, allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (application crash) by sending a large number of samples in an audio packet. With a CVSS score of 4.3, it is considered medium severity, requiring moderate attack complexity and resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.4.0, < 1.4.44CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:digium:asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.6.0, < 1.6.2.23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:digium:asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.8.0, < 1.8.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:digium:asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.0.0, < 10.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:digium:asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0373 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0069.html
Broken Link
downloads.asterisk.org / pub/security/AST-2012-002-1.8.diff
PatchVendor Advisory
downloads.asterisk.org / pub/security/AST-2012-002.pdf
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 80125
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/48417
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/48941
Broken Link
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/74082
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
asterisk.org / node/51797
Broken Link
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2460
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/16/10
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/16/17
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/52523
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry