Security advisory
PJSIP is a free and open source multimedia communication library written in C language implementing standard based protocols such as SIP, SDP, RTP, STUN, TURN, and ICE. In affected versions if the incoming RTCP BYE message contains a reason's length, this declared length is not checked against the actual received packet size, potentially resulting in an out-of-bound read access. This issue affects all users that use PJMEDIA and RTCP. A malicious actor can send a RTCP BYE message with an invalid reason length. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible. There are no known workarounds.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2021-43804
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 13:02 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
PJSIP is a free and open source multimedia communication library written in C language implementing standard based protocols such as SIP, SDP, RTP, STUN, TURN, and ICE. In affected versions if the incoming RTCP BYE message contains a reason's length, this declared length is not checked against the actual received packet size, potentially resulting in an out-of-bound read access. This issue affects all users that use PJMEDIA and RTCP. A malicious actor can send a RTCP BYE message with an invalid reason length. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible. There are no known workarounds.
osv:CVE-2021-43804
Complete source record
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"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00035.html",
"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00021.html",
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