CVE-2019-18976 in the critical feed json
An issue was discovered in res_pjsip_t38.c in Sangoma Asterisk through 13.x and Certified Asterisk through 13.21-x.
published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-8638
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 12.8%
- EPSS 12.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
An issue was discovered in res_pjsip_t38.c in Sangoma Asterisk through 13.x and Certified Asterisk through 13.21-x. If it receives a re-invite initiating T.38 faxing and has a port of 0 and no c line in the SDP, a NULL pointer dereference and crash will occur. This is different from CVE-2019-18940.
Patch / fix
- asterisk Debian 14 1:16.1.1~dfsg-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-18976
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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-18976 updated cvss 7.5
asterisk: null pointer dereference in res_pjsip_t38.c
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot 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
12.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
References
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asterisk.org
/downloads/security-advisories
vendor-advisory
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downloads.asterisk.org
/pub/security/AST-2019-008.html
vendor-advisory
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cybersecurity-help.cz
/vdb/SB2019112218?affChecked=1
third-party-advisory
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packetstormsecurity.com
/files/155436/Asterisk-Project-Security-Advisory-AST-2019-008.html
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
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seclists.org
/fulldisclosure/2019/Nov/20
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.debian.org
/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00001.html
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2019-18976
- NVD CVE-2019-18976
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