CVE-2012-1183
Stack-based buffer overflow in the milliwatt_generate function in the Miliwatt application in Asterisk 1.4.x before 1.4.44, 1.6.x before 1.6.2.23, 1.8.x before 1.8.10.1, and 10.x before 10.2.1, when the o option is used and the internal_timing option is off, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large number of samples in an audio packet.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 3.7% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1212)
- Published
- September 18, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1212 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / debian linux
- digium / asterisk
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0069.html(Broken Link)
- http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2012-002-1.8.diff(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2012-002.pdf(Vendor Advisory)
- http://osvdb.org/80125(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48417(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48941(Broken Link)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1026812(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.asterisk.org/node/51797(Broken Link)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2460(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/16/10(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/16/17(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52523(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74082(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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