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CVE-2012-1183

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-09-18 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the milliwatt_generate function in the Miliwatt application in Asterisk 1.4.x before 1.4.44, 1.6.x before 1.6.2.23, 1.8.x before 1.8.10.1, and 10.x before 10.2.1, when the o option is used and the internal_timing option is off, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large number of samples in an audio packet.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 6.0
• Digium Asterisk: from 1.4.0 before 1.4.44; from 1.6.0 before 1.6.2.23; from 1.8.0 before 1.8.10.1; from 10.0.0 before 10.2.1 — fixed in 1.4.44, 1.6.2.23, 1.8.10.1, 10.2.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Digium Asterisk 1.4.44, 1.6.2.23, 1.8.10.1, 10.2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0069.html
• http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2012-002-1.8.diff
• http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2012-002.pdf
• http://osvdb.org/80125
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48417
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48941
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1026812
• http://www.asterisk.org/node/51797
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2460
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/16/10
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/16/17
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52523

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