# CVE-2013-7100: Buffer overflow in the unpacksms16 function in apps/app\_sms.c in Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x before 1.8.24.1, 10.x before 10.12.4, and 11.x b

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2013-12-19 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Buffer overflow in the unpacksms16 function in apps/app_sms.c in Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x before 1.8.24.1, 10.x before 10.12.4, and 11.x before 11.6.1; Asterisk with Digiumphones 10.x-digiumphones before 10.12.4-digiumphones; and Certified Asterisk 1.8.x before 1.8.15-cert4 and 11.x before 11.2-cert3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a 16-bit SMS message with an odd number of bytes, which triggers an infinite loop.

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## References

- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:300
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-12/0089.html
- https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-22590
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56294
- http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2013-006.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029499
- http://osvdb.org/101100
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2835
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64364
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89825

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