# CVE-2018-12228: An issue was discovered in Asterisk Open Source 15.x before 15.4.1.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-06-12 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in Asterisk Open Source 15.x before 15.4.1. When connected to Asterisk via TCP/TLS, if the client abruptly disconnects, or sends a specially crafted message, then Asterisk gets caught in an infinite loop while trying to read the data stream. This renders the system unusable.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104457
- https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-27807
- http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2018-007.html

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