Name: CVE-2017-9358: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-9358, CWE-835, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.01188

A memory exhaustion vulnerability exists in Asterisk Open Source 13.x before 13.15.1 and 14.x before 14.4.1 and Certified Asterisk 13.13 before 13.13-cert4, which can be triggered by sending specially crafted SCCP packets causing an infinite loop and leading to memory exhaustion (by message logging in that loop).

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade asterisk	Jul 30, 2024	Jun 2, 2017
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Jun 2, 2017

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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