An issue was discovered in chan_skinny.c in Asterisk Open Source 13.18.2 and older, 14.7.2 and older, and 15.1.2 and older, and Certified Asterisk 13.13-cert7 and older. If the chan_skinny (aka SCCP protocol) channel driver is flooded with certain requests, it can cause the asterisk process to use excessive amounts of virtual memory, eventually causing asterisk to stop processing requests of any kind.
This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 2 products from digium, from digium organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
First disclosed in 2017, this vulnerability was reported during a period defined by widespread IoT adoption challenges, mobile security concerns, and the emergence of advanced persistent threat (APT) techniques. Contemporary mitigation strategies focused on secure development practices and third-party component vetting.
2017-12-02T00:29:00.247
2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Deferred
CVSSv3.0: 7.5 (HIGH)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
10.0
2.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | digium | certified_asterisk | ≤ 13.13 | Yes |
| Application | digium | certified_asterisk | 13.13 | Yes |
| Application | digium | certified_asterisk | 13.13 | Yes |
| Application | digium | certified_asterisk | 13.13 | Yes |
| Application | digium | certified_asterisk | 13.13 | Yes |
| Application | digium | certified_asterisk | 13.13 | Yes |
| Application | digium | certified_asterisk | 13.13 | Yes |
| Application | digium | certified_asterisk | 13.13 | Yes |
| Application | digium | certified_asterisk | 13.13 | Yes |
| Application | digium | certified_asterisk | 13.13 | Yes |
| Application | digium | certified_asterisk | 13.13 | Yes |
| Application | digium | certified_asterisk | 13.13 | Yes |
| Application | digium | asterisk | ≤ 13.8.2 | Yes |
| Application | digium | asterisk | ≤ 14.7.2 | Yes |
| Application | digium | asterisk | ≤ 15.1.2 | Yes |
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