Unscored severity · published May 7, 2007
CVE-2007-2488
The IAX2 channel driver (chan_iax2) in Asterisk before 20070504 does not properly null terminate data, which allows remote attackers to trigger loss of transmitted data, and…
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CVSS
4.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The IAX2 channel driver (chan_iax2) in Asterisk before 20070504 does not properly null terminate data, which allows remote attackers to trigger loss of transmitted data, and possibly obtain sensitive information (memory contents) or cause a denial of service (application crash), by sending a frame that lacks a 0 byte.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.3% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
Asterisk · Asterisk
through 1.4.4_2007-04-27 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2488
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2488
ftp.digium.com
http://ftp.digium.com/pub/asa/ASA-2007-013.pdf
osvdb.org
http://osvdb.org/35769
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/25134
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/25582
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1358
www.novell.com
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_34_asterisk.html
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