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CVE-2026-57198

Asterisk: Possible RED T.140 Heap Buffer Overflow

2.3 LowFix available

Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange and telephony toolkit. In affected deployments, an authenticated attacker may cause a T.140 RED heap buffer overflow using carefully crafted packets, potentially allowing remote code execution or causing Asterisk to crash. The chan_sip channel driver must be installed and configured, and its textsupport option must be enabled; textsupport defaults to no. The chan_sip driver was deprecated in Asterisk 20 and completely removed in all later versions. Repository comparisons verify patch containment in Asterisk 20.20.1, 21.12.3, 22.10.1 and 23.4.1, and Certified Asterisk 20.7-cert11 and 22.8-cert3. The affected release-track scope remains unresolved: structured metadata includes later release tracks even though the advisory says the required chan_sip driver was removed there.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

Exploit likelihood

0.83%Unchanged since Oct 28, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 2.3

Asterisk: Possible RED T.140 Heap Buffer Overflow

Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange and telephony toolkit. In affected deployments, an authenticated attacker may cause a T.140 RED heap buffer overflow using carefully crafted packets, potentially allowing remote code execution or causing Asterisk to crash. The chan_sip channel driver must be installed and configured, and its textsupport option must be enabled; textsupport defaults to no. The chan_sip driver was deprecated in Asterisk 20 and completely removed in all later versions. Repository comparisons verify patch containment in Asterisk 20.20.1, 21.12.3, 22.10.1 and 23.4.1, and Certified Asterisk 20.7-cert11 and 22.8-cert3. The affected release-track scope remains unresolved: structured metadata includes later release tracks even though the advisory says the required chan_sip driver was removed there.

Record
CVE-2026-57198
CVSS 4.0
2.3 LowCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-122
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-111107 2.3

Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange and telephony toolkit. In affected deployments, an authenticated attacker may cause a T.140 RED heap buffer overflow using carefully crafted packets, potentially allowing remote code execution or causing Asterisk to crash. The chan_sip channel driver must be installed and configured, and its textsupport option must be enabled; textsupport defaults to no. The chan_sip driver was deprecated in Asterisk 20 and completely removed in all later versions. Repository comparisons verify patch containment in Asterisk 20.20.1, 21.12.3, 22.10.1 and 23.4.1, and Certified Asterisk 20.7-cert11 and 22.8-cert3. The affected release-track scope remains unresolved: structured metadata includes later release tracks even though the advisory says the required chan_sip driver was removed there.

Record
EUVD-2026-111107
CVSS 4.0
2.3 LowCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Updated
2026-11-03
NVD 2.3

Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange and telephony toolkit. In affected deployments, an authenticated attacker may cause a T.140 RED heap buffer overflow using carefully crafted packets, potentially allowing remote code execution or causing Asterisk to crash. The chan_sip channel driver must be installed and configured, and its textsupport option must be enabled; textsupport defaults to no. The chan_sip driver was deprecated in Asterisk 20 and completely removed in all later versions. Repository comparisons verify patch containment in Asterisk 20.20.1, 21.12.3, 22.10.1 and 23.4.1, and Certified Asterisk 20.7-cert11 and 22.8-cert3. The affected release-track scope remains unresolved: structured metadata includes later release tracks even though the advisory says the required chan_sip driver was removed there.

Record
CVE-2026-57198
CVSS 4.0
2.3 LowCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weakness
CWE-122
Updated
2026-11-03
OSV 2.3

Asterisk: Possible RED T.140 Heap Buffer Overflow

Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange and telephony toolkit. In affected deployments, an authenticated attacker may cause a T.140 RED heap buffer overflow using carefully crafted packets, potentially allowing remote code execution or causing Asterisk to crash. The chan_sip channel driver must be installed and configured, and its textsupport option must be enabled; textsupport defaults to no. The chan_sip driver was deprecated in Asterisk 20 and completely removed in all later versions. Repository comparisons verify patch containment in Asterisk 20.20.1, 21.12.3, 22.10.1 and 23.4.1, and Certified Asterisk 20.7-cert11 and 22.8-cert3. The affected release-track scope remains unresolved: structured metadata includes later release tracks even though the advisory says the required chan_sip driver was removed there.

Record
CVE-2026-57198
CVSS 4.0
2.3 LowCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-122
Updated
2026-11-04
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-57198 2.3

Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange and telephony toolkit. In affected deployments, an authenticated attacker may cause a T.140 RED heap buffer overflow using carefully crafted packets, potentially allowing remote code execution or causing Asterisk to crash. The chan_sip channel driver must be installed and configured, and its textsupport option must be enabled; textsupport defaults to no. The chan_sip driver was deprecated in Asterisk 20 and completely removed in all later versions. Repository comparisons verify patch containment in Asterisk 20.20.1, 21.12.3, 22.10.1 and 23.4.1, and Certified Asterisk 20.7-cert11 and 22.8-cert3. The affected release-track scope remains unresolved: structured metadata includes later release tracks even though the advisory says the required chan_sip driver was removed there.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-57198
CVSS 4.0
2.3 LowCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Updated
2026-11-03
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-57198 2.3

Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange and telephony toolkit. In affected deployments, an authenticated attacker may cause a T.140 RED heap buffer overflow using carefully crafted packets, potentially allowing remote code execution or causing Asterisk to crash. The chan_sip channel driver must be installed and configured, and its textsupport option must be enabled; textsupport defaults to no. The chan_sip driver was deprecated in Asterisk 20 and completely removed in all later versions. Repository comparisons verify patch containment in Asterisk 20.20.1, 21.12.3, 22.10.1 and 23.4.1, and Certified Asterisk 20.7-cert11 and 22.8-cert3. The affected release-track scope remains unresolved: structured metadata includes later release tracks even though the advisory says the required chan_sip driver was removed there.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-57198
CVSS 4.0
2.3 LowCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
asterisk
Debian:14
before 1:22.10.1+dfsg+~cs6.17.60671434-1, plus listed versions
0.1.11-30.1.11-3woody11:1.0.5-21:1.0.5-41:1.0.6-1
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1:1.0.6-21:1.0.7-11:1.0.7.dfsg.1-11:1.0.7.dfsg.1-21:1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge11:1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge21:1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge31:1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge41:1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge51:1.0.7.dfsg.1-2sarge61:1.0.9.dfsg-11:1.0.9.dfsg-31:1.0.9.dfsg-41:1.0.9.dfsg-51:1.0.9.dfsg-61:1.2.0-beta1.dfsg-11:1.2.0-beta2.dfsg-11:1.2.0-beta2.dfsg-21:1.2.0-beta2.dfsg-31:1.2.0-rc1.dfsg-11:1.2.0-rc2.dfsg-11:1.2.0.dfsg-11:1.2.0.dfsg-21:1.2.0.dfsg-31:1.2.0.dfsg-41:1.2.0.dfsg-51:1.2.0.dfsg-61:1.2.1.dfsg-11:1.2.1.dfsg-21:1.2.1.dfsg-31:1.2.10.dfsg-11:1.2.10.dfsg-1bpo11:1.2.10.dfsg-21:1.2.10.dfsg-31:1.2.11.dfsg-11:1.2.12.1.dfsg-11:1.2.13~dfsg-11:1.2.13~dfsg-21:1.2.13~dfsg-2etch11:1.2.13~dfsg-2etch21:1.2.13~dfsg-2etch31:1.2.13~dfsg-2etch41:1.2.14~dfsg-11:1.2.14~dfsg-21:1.2.14~dfsg-3
1:22.10.1+dfsg+~cs6.17.60671434-1
asterisk
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1:13.1.0~dfsg-1.1ubuntu31:13.1.0~dfsg-1.1ubuntu41:13.1.0~dfsg-1.1ubuntu4.11:13.1.0~dfsg-1.1ubuntu4.1+esm1
None known
asterisk
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1:13.17.2~dfsg-1ubuntu11:13.17.2~dfsg-2ubuntu11:13.18.1~dfsg-1ubuntu11:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu11:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu21:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu31:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu4
None known
asterisk
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1:16.2.1~dfsg-2build21:16.2.1~dfsg-2build31:16.2.1~dfsg-2ubuntu1
None known
asterisk
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1:16.16.1~dfsg-21:16.16.1~dfsg-41:16.16.1~dfsg-4build11:16.16.1~dfsg+~2.10-11:18.10.0~dfsg+~cs6.10.40431411-2
None known
asterisk
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1:20.4.0~dfsg+~cs6.13.40431414-21:20.5.0~dfsg+~cs6.13.40431414-11:20.5.1~dfsg+~cs6.13.40431414-11:20.5.2~dfsg+~cs6.13.40431414-11:20.6.0~dfsg+~cs6.13.40431414-1
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1:20.6.0~dfsg+~cs6.13.40431414-21:20.6.0~dfsg+~cs6.13.40431414-2build31:20.6.0~dfsg+~cs6.13.40431414-2build41:20.6.0~dfsg+~cs6.13.40431414-2build5
None known
asterisk
Ubuntu:26.10
All versions, plus listed versions
1:22.5.2~dfsg+~cs6.15.60671435-11:22.10.0+dfsg+~cs6.17.60671434-1ubuntu21:22.10.0+dfsg+~cs6.17.60671434-1ubuntu3
None known
asterisk
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1:22.5.2~dfsg+~cs6.15.60671435-1
None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
factsCVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2026-57198 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.3) in Asterisk, published October 27, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.83%, the 57th percentile. Fixed in asterisk 1:22.10.1+dfsg+~cs6.17.60671434-1.

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