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CVE-2011-4598 json

The handle_request_info function in channels/chan_sip.c in Asterisk Open Source 1.6.2.x before 1.6.2.21 and 1.8.x before 1.8.7.2, when auto…

published 2011-12-15 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-4522

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.4%
EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The handle_request_info function in channels/chan_sip.c in Asterisk Open Source 1.6.2.x before 1.6.2.21 and 1.8.x before 1.8.7.2, when automon is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted sequence of SIP requests.

Patch / fix

  • asterisk Debian 14 1:1.8.8.0~dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4598

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-4598 updated cvss 4.3

asterisk: NULL pointer dereference (crash) when processing INFO automon message with no channel (AST-2011-014)

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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