CVE-2013-5642 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Asterisk Open Source, Certified Asterisk, and Asterisk Digiumphones versions 1.8.x, 10.x, and 11.x. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted SIP request with an invalid Session Description Protocol (SDP) to cause a NULL pointer dereference, leading to a segmentation fault and daemon crash. The CVSS score of 5.0 indicates a medium severity, with low attack complexity and no impact on confidentiality or integrity, but a partial impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.8.17.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:digium:asterisk:1.8.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.8.17.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:digium:asterisk:1.8.17.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.8.17.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:digium:asterisk:1.8.17.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.8.17.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:digium:asterisk:1.8.17.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.8.18.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:digium:asterisk:1.8.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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