CVE-2012-1184

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 16.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-09-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ast_parse_digest function in main/utils.c in Asterisk 1.8.x before 1.8.10.1 and 10.x before 10.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in an HTTP Digest Authentication header.

Affected products

Digium Asterisk: 1.8.0, 1.8.0-beta1, 1.8.0-beta2, 1.8.0-beta3, 1.8.0-beta4, 1.8.0-beta5 (+75)

References

http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2012-003-1.8.diff
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2012-003.pdf
http://osvdb.org/80126
http://secunia.com/advisories/48417
http://www.asterisk.org/node/51797
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/16/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/16/17
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026813
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74083
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2012-003-1.8.diff
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2012-003.pdf
http://osvdb.org/80126

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