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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-0885 · published 25 January 2012

CVE-2012-0885: Asterisk open source vulnerability

Asterisk · Open Source

chan_sip.c in Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x before 1.8.8.2 and 10.x before 10.0.1, when the res_srtp module is used and media support is improperly configured, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted SDP message with a crypto attribute and a (1) video or (2) text media type, as demonstrated by CSipSimple.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.4% · top 16.6%
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
2.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

chan_sip.c in Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x before 1.8.8.2 and 10.x before 10.0.1, when the res_srtp module is used and media support is improperly configured, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted SDP message with a crypto attribute and a (1) video or (2) text media type, as demonstrated by CSipSimple.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2012-001-1.8.diff Patch
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2012-001-10.diff Patch
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2012-001.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/20/16
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/20/18
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783487
https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-19202
https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/secure/attachment/42202/issueA19202_crypto_if_uninited_text_or_video.patch Exploit
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2012-001-1.8.diff Patch
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2012-001-10.diff Patch
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2012-001.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/20/16
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/20/18
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783487
https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-19202
https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/secure/attachment/42202/issueA19202_crypto_if_uninited_text_or_video.patch Exploit

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-0885), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-30). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.