CVE-2016-2385

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-2385
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-11 15:59:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the encode_msg function in encode_msg.c in the SEAS module in Kamailio (formerly OpenSER and SER) before 4.3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large SIP packet.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Kamailio Kamailio All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.kamailio.org/pub/kamailio/4.3.5/ChangeLog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kamailio.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Kamailio 4.3.4 - Heap Based Buffer Overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit
CENSUS | IT Security Works af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 census-labs.com Exploit
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3537-1 imlib2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
seas: safety check for target buffer size before copying message in e… · kamailio/kamailio@f50c9c8 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3535-1 kamailio af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Kamailio 4.3.4 Heap Overflow ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Exploit
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