CVE-2026-57197
What it is
Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange and telephony toolkit. Prior to Asterisk 20.20.1, 21.12.3, 22.10.1, 23.4.1 and Certified Asterisk 20.7-cert11, 22.8-cert3, an unbounded `memcpy` of `OGG/Speex` packet data in `format_ogg_speex` can cause a heap buffer overflow and crash Asterisk when reading a file containing corrupted Speex audio. The attacker must create the file and make it available to Asterisk either through sufficiently elevated privileges or by convincing an Asterisk administrator to make it available. Asterisk must also be configured to play that file. This issue is fixed in Asterisk 20.20.1, 21.12.3, 22.10.1, 23.4.1 and Certified Asterisk 20.7-cert11, 22.8-cert3.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.5% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.7 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.5% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-122
- Record status
- Undergoing Analysis
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 7.7
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2026-57197.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2026-57197. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/0a2c1d9e910f7c4dfffa05e328accb8a96990df8
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/0e6d761ed83f1671632c91805252767eae85e1a2
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/1cf189549994e0898954c814ce5a023cd969f1db
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/29026ece6fdd1834bb8f49c013ef163745ff2bbd
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/336ebe762bf6dfaf279796700de8ab51f7acd2f3
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/ccec146953b5e13043a36663af84e5a50ca633a6
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/dbcf38933866f0ddd023bc1814a78d4c750b0809
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/20.20.1
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/21.12.3
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/22.10.1
References
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/0a2c1d9e910f7c4dfffa05e328accb8a96990df8
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/0e6d761ed83f1671632c91805252767eae85e1a2
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/1cf189549994e0898954c814ce5a023cd969f1db
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/29026ece6fdd1834bb8f49c013ef163745ff2bbd
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/336ebe762bf6dfaf279796700de8ab51f7acd2f3
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/ccec146953b5e13043a36663af84e5a50ca633a6
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/commit/dbcf38933866f0ddd023bc1814a78d4c750b0809
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/20.20.1
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/21.12.3
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/22.10.1
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/23.4.1
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/certified-20.7-cert11
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/releases/tag/certified-22.8-cert3
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/security/advisories/GHSA-8jhw-m2hg-vp3h
- https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/tree/24.0.0-pre1