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CVE-2022-24792: Potential infinite loop when parsing WAV format file in PJSIP
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2022-04-25 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-835
Description
PJSIP is a free and open source multimedia communication library written in C. A denial-of-service vulnerability affects applications on a 32-bit systems that use PJSIP versions 2.12 and prior to play/read invalid WAV files. The vulnerability occurs when reading WAV file data chunks with length greater than 31-bit integers. The vulnerability does not affect 64-bit apps and should not affect apps that only plays trusted WAV files. A patch is available on the `master` branch of the `pjsip/project` GitHub repository. As a workaround, apps can reject a WAV file received from an unknown source or validate the file first.
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 9.0, 10.0, 11.0
- teluu pjsip: through 2.12
References
- https://github.com/pjsip/pjproject/commit/947bc1ee6d05be10204b918df75a503415fd3213
- https://github.com/pjsip/pjproject/security/advisories/GHSA-rwgw-vwxg-q799
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00047.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00021.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-37
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5285
- https://github.com/pjsip/pjproject/commit/947bc1ee6d05be10204b918df75a503415fd3213
- https://github.com/pjsip/pjproject/security/advisories/GHSA-rwgw-vwxg-q799
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00047.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00021.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-37
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5285
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