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high 7.5

CVE-2006-5444 in the critical feed json

Integer overflow in the get_input function in the Skinny channel driver (chan_skinny.c) in Asterisk 1.0.x before 1.0.12 and 1.2.x before 1.…

published 2006-10-23 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-5429

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
86.5%
EPSS 86.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.7%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Integer overflow in the get_input function in the Skinny channel driver (chan_skinny.c) in Asterisk 1.0.x before 1.0.12 and 1.2.x before 1.2.13, as used by Cisco SCCP phones, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a certain dlen value that passes a signed integer comparison and leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Patch / fix

  • asterisk Debian 14 1:1.2.13~dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5444

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-2597)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

86.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-2597 Asterisk 1.0.12/1.2.12.1 - 'chan_skinny' Remote Heap Overflow (PoC) dos, 2006-10-19
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20617 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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