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CVE-2021-43804: Out-of-bounds read when parsing RTCP BYE message in PJSIP
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2021-12-22 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-125
Description
PJSIP is a free and open source multimedia communication library written in C language implementing standard based protocols such as SIP, SDP, RTP, STUN, TURN, and ICE. In affected versions if the incoming RTCP BYE message contains a reason's length, this declared length is not checked against the actual received packet size, potentially resulting in an out-of-bound read access. This issue affects all users that use PJMEDIA and RTCP. A malicious actor can send a RTCP BYE message with an invalid reason length. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible. There are no known workarounds.
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 9.0, 10.0
- teluu pjsip: through 2.11.1
References
- https://github.com/pjsip/pjproject/commit/8b621f192cae14456ee0b0ade52ce6c6f258af1e
- https://github.com/pjsip/pjproject/security/advisories/GHSA-3qx3-cg72-wrh9
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00035.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00021.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00038.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-37
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5285
- https://github.com/pjsip/pjproject/commit/8b621f192cae14456ee0b0ade52ce6c6f258af1e
- https://github.com/pjsip/pjproject/security/advisories/GHSA-3qx3-cg72-wrh9
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00035.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00021.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00038.html
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