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CVE-2020-35776 json

A buffer overflow in res_pjsip_diversion.c in Sangoma Asterisk versions 13.38.1, 16.15.1, 17.9.1, and 18.1.1 allows remote attacker to cras…

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-23431

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.1%
EPSS 4.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A buffer overflow in res_pjsip_diversion.c in Sangoma Asterisk versions 13.38.1, 16.15.1, 17.9.1, and 18.1.1 allows remote attacker to crash Asterisk by deliberately misusing SIP 181 responses.

Patch / fix

  • asterisk Debian 14 1:16.16.1~dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35776

  • asterisk Alpine 3.12 16.16.1-r0
  • asterisk Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +9 more 18.1.1-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2020-35776

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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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-2020-35776 updated cvss 6.5

asterisk: remote crash in res_pjsip_diversion

  • 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

4.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • issues.asterisk.org https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-29227 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

Sources

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