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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-12228

An issue was discovered in Asterisk Open Source 15.x before 15.4.1. When connected to Asterisk via TCP/TLS, if the client abruptly disconnects, or sends a specially crafted message, then Asterisk gets caught in an infinite loop while trying to read the data stream. This renders the system unusable.

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CVE-2018-12228
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1 Nov 2026, 07:30 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-12228

core-osv · Original source

Published 12 Jun 2018, 04:29 UTC

An issue was discovered in Asterisk Open Source 15.x before 15.4.1. When connected to Asterisk via TCP/TLS, if the client abruptly disconnects, or sends a specially crafted message, then Asterisk gets caught in an infinite loop while trying to read the data stream. This renders the system unusable.

osv:CVE-2018-12228
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-12228",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2018-12228",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in Asterisk Open Source 15.x before 15.4.1. When connected to Asterisk via TCP/TLS, if the client abruptly disconnects, or sends a specially crafted message, then Asterisk gets caught in an infinite loop while trying to read the data stream. This renders the system unusable.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-12228",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "aliases": [
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      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
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              "type": "GIT",
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                {
                  "fixed": "97b17a97812a5b3f30dba94cc7b3b3a2e81473e5"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:sangoma:asterisk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "15.0"
                      },
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                        "fixed": "15.4.1"
                      }
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-12228.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:54.251603027Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-27807"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-12228",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 438108,
  "published_at": "2018-06-12T04:29:00.33+00:00"
}