Vulnerability in Digium Asterisk

CVE-2016-7551

chain_sip in Asterisk Open Source 11.x before 11.23.1 and 13.x 13.11.1 and Certified Asterisk 11.6 before 11.6-cert15 and 13.8 before 13.8-cert3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (port exhaustion).

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.053 (92.3th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2016-7551: held from 0.055 to 0.053.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.055 · newest: 0.053 · change: -0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7551?
CVE-2016-7551 is a high-severity vulnerability in Digium Asterisk, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-17.
How severe is CVE-2016-7551?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-7551 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.