CVE-2012-5977
Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x before 1.8.19.1, 10.x before 10.11.1, and 11.x before 11.1.2;...
Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x before 1.8.19.1, 10.x before 10.11.1, and 11.x before 11.1.2; Certified Asterisk 1.8.11 before 1.8.11-cert10; and Asterisk Digiumphones 10.x-digiumphones before 10.11.1-digiumphones, when anonymous calls are enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by making anonymous calls from multiple sources and consequently adding many entries to the device state cache.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x before 1.8.19.1, 10.x before 10.11.1, and 11.x before 11.1.2; Certified Asterisk 1.8.11 before 1.8.11-cert10; and Asterisk Digiumphones 10.x-digiumphones before 10.11.1-digiumphones, when anonymous calls are enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by making anonymous calls from multiple sources and consequently adding many entries to the device state cache.
- Record
CVE-2012-5977- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x before 1.8.19.1, 10.x before 10.11.1, and 11.x before 11.1.2; Certified Asterisk 1.8.11 before 1.8.11-cert10; and Asterisk Digiumphones 10.x-digiumphones before 10.11.1-digiumphones, when anonymous calls are enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by making anonymous calls from multiple sources and consequently adding many entries to the device state cache.
- Record
CVE-2012-5977- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-5851 No score
Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x before 1.8.19.1, 10.x before 10.11.1, and 11.x before 11.1.2; Certified Asterisk 1.8.11 before 1.8.11-cert10; and Asterisk Digiumphones 10.x-digiumphones before 10.11.1-digiumphones, when anonymous calls are enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by making anonymous calls from multiple sources and consequently adding many entries to the device state cache.
- Record
EUVD-2012-5851- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-43h5-hjxq-m9rj No score
Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x before 1.8.19.1, 10.x before 10.11.1, and 11.x before 11.1.2;...
Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x before 1.8.19.1, 10.x before 10.11.1, and 11.x before 11.1.2; Certified Asterisk 1.8.11 before 1.8.11-cert10; and Asterisk Digiumphones 10.x-digiumphones before 10.11.1-digiumphones, when anonymous calls are enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by making anonymous calls from multiple sources and consequently adding many entries to the device state cache.
- Record
GHSA-43h5-hjxq-m9rj- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x before 1.8.19.1, 10.x before 10.11.1, and 11.x before 11.1.2; Certified Asterisk 1.8.11 before 1.8.11-cert10; and Asterisk Digiumphones 10.x-digiumphones before 10.11.1-digiumphones, when anonymous calls are enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by making anonymous calls from multiple sources and consequently adding many entries to the device state cache.
- Record
CVE-2012-5977- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2012-5977 No score
Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x before 1.8.19.1, 10.x before 10.11.1, and 11.x before 11.1.2; Certified Asterisk 1.8.11 before 1.8.11-cert10; and Asterisk Digiumphones 10.x-digiumphones before 10.11.1-digiumphones, when anonymous calls are enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by making anonymous calls from multiple sources and consequently adding many entries to the device state cache.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5977- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
asteriskDebian:14 |
before 1:1.8.13.1~dfsg-2, plus listed versions 0.1.11-30.1.11-3woody11:1.0.5-21:1.0.5-41:1.0.6-1 Show 45 moreShow less1:1.0.6-21:1.0.7-11:1.0.7.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 |
1:1.8.13.1~dfsg-2 |
asteriskDebian:6.0 |
before 1:1.6.2.9-2+squeeze9, plus listed versions 1:1.6.2.9-21:1.6.2.9-2+squeeze11:1.6.2.9-2+squeeze21:1.6.2.9-2+squeeze31:1.6.2.9-2+squeeze4 Show 4 moreShow less1:1.6.2.9-2+squeeze51:1.6.2.9-2+squeeze61:1.6.2.9-2+squeeze71:1.6.2.9-2+squeeze8 |
1:1.6.2.9-2+squeeze9 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-5977 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Digium Asterisk, published January 4, 2013. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.11%, the 81st percentile. Fixed in asterisk 1:1.8.13.1~dfsg-2.
References
Left out here: 104 versions. The JSON record has them.