Buffer overflow in Pjsip Pjproject
CVE-2026-57164
PJSIP is a free and open source multimedia communication library written in C. Prior to commit 8d5956a, a heap buffer overflow exists in the PJLIB-UTIL HTTP client (http_client.c) when buffering an HTTP response body. This affects applications that use the PJLIB-UTIL HTTP client to receive a whole response body at once (a completion callback with no incremental on_data_read callback). When growing the response buffer, an incorrect size calculation based on the server-supplied Content-Length can leave the buffer too small, causing response data to be written past the end of the allocation. A malicious or man-in-the-middle HTTP server can trigger this with a crafted response; impact may range from unexpected application termination to memory corruption. Applications that consume the response incrementally (via on_data_read), or that only connect to trusted servers, are not affected. This issue has been patched via commit 8d5956a.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (37.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 37.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.002
Affected products
- Pjsip Pjproject — versions < 8d5956afab2ede95ddb199078dc19a8ac0114f3d
- Teluu Pjsip
Weakness classification (CWE)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-57164?
- CVE-2026-57164 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pjsip Pjproject, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2026-09-04.
- How severe is CVE-2026-57164?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.