What is CVE-2018-12228?

CVE-2018-12228 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sangoma Asterisk, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-06-12.

How severe is CVE-2018-12228?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Sangoma Asterisk

CVE-2018-12228

An issue was discovered in Asterisk Open Source 15.x before 15.4.1. When connected to Asterisk via TCP/TLS, if the client abruptly disconnects, or sends a specially crafted message, then Asterisk gets caught in an infinite loop while tryin…

EPSS: 0.068 (93.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Sangoma Asterisk
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12228?: CVE-2018-12228 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sangoma Asterisk, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-06-12.
How severe is CVE-2018-12228?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.