CVE-2016-7551 json
chain_sip in Asterisk Open Source 11.x before 11.23.1 and 13.x 13.11.1 and Certified Asterisk 11.6 before 11.6-cert15 and 13.8 before 13.8-…
published 2017-04-17 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-8404
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 5.3%
- EPSS 5.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
chain_sip in Asterisk Open Source 11.x before 11.23.1 and 13.x 13.11.1 and Certified Asterisk 11.6 before 11.6-cert15 and 13.8 before 13.8-cert3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (port exhaustion).
Patch / fix
- asterisk Debian 14 1:13.11.2~dfsg-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7551
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2016-7551 updated cvss 3.5
asterisk: RTP Resource Exhaustion
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
5.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
References
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bugs.debian.org
/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=838832
issue-tracking, patch, third-party-advisory
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issues.asterisk.org
/jira/browse/ASTERISK-26272
issue-tracking, patch, third-party-advisory
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bugzilla.redhat.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=1374733
issue-tracking, patch
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debian.org
/security/2016/dsa-3700
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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downloads.asterisk.org
/pub/security/AST-2016-007.html
mitigation, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2016-7551
- NVD CVE-2016-7551
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