CVE-2017-17090

7.5 HIGH
Published: December 02, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

An issue was discovered in chan_skinny.c in Asterisk Open Source 13.18.2 and older, 14.7.2 and older, and 15.1.2 and older, and Certified Asterisk 13.13-cert7 and older. If the chan_skinny (aka SCCP protocol) channel driver is flooded with certain requests, it can cause the asterisk process to use excessive amounts of virtual memory, eventually causing asterisk to stop processing requests of any kind.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102023
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-27452
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://downloads.digium.com/pub/security/AST-2017-013.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102023
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039948
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-27452
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4076
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43992/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
80.6%
99th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

digium