THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-14603
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2017-14603

Asterisk vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
In Asterisk 11.x before 11.25.3, 13.x before 13.17.2, and 14.x before 14.6.2 and Certified Asterisk 11.x before 11.6-cert18 and 13.x before 13.13-cert6, insufficient RTCP packet validation could allow reading stale buffer contents and when combined with the "nat" and "symmetric_rtp" options allow redirecting where Asterisk sends the next RTCP report.
Affected vendor
Digium
Affected product
Asterisk
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information
Published
2017-10-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-14603

  • Confirm whether Digium Asterisk is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-14603.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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