CVE-2007-5358

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-10-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the voicemail functionality in Asterisk 1.4.x before 1.4.13, when using IMAP storage, might allow (1) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long combination of Content-type and Content-description headers, or (2) local users to execute arbitrary code via a long combination of astspooldir, voicemail context, and voicemail mailbox fields. NOTE: vector 2 requires write access to Asterisk configuration files.

Affected products

Digium Asterisk: through 1.4.12

References

http://downloads.digium.com/pub/security/AST-2007-022.html
http://osvdb.org/38201
http://osvdb.org/38202
http://secunia.com/advisories/27184
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481996/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26005
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018804
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3454
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37051
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37052
http://downloads.digium.com/pub/security/AST-2007-022.html
http://osvdb.org/38201

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