Vulnerabilities / CVE-2016-2385

critical

CVE-2016-2385

Heap-based buffer overflow in the encode_msg function in encode_msg.c ...

Published Modified CWE 119
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Ubuntu (medium).

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the encode_msg function in encode_msg.c in the SEAS module in Kamailio (formerly OpenSER and SER) before 4.3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large SIP packet.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11kamailio4.3.4-2
debian 12kamailio4.3.4-2
debian 13kamailio4.3.4-2
debian 14kamailio4.3.4-2
debian 8kamailio4.2.0-2+deb8u1
echokamailio4.3.4-2
ubuntu 16.04-ESMkamailio4.3.4-1.1ubuntu2.1+esm2

References

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