GNU Gatekeeper before 5.16 Out-of-Bounds Read via RTCP SDES Parsing
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- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- Fixed in 5.16
- Who is exposed
- Not reported
Do first: Upgrade to a fixed version: 5.16.
- Exploitation0/40No signal
- Exposure17/25No login or user action needed per the CVSS vector, reachable over the network without a login · Data gap: No advisory context yet
- Reach?/20Reach: unknown (data gap). No tracked technology or package matched
- Severity6.3/10CVSS 6.3
- No patch0/5No signal
What would change the score
- Would score about 68 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 63 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 28 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed
CVE-2026-121625 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 6.3 (medium) and affects gnugk; fixed in 5.16.
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- Published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 23/100 · provisional
- Fix
- Fixed in 5.16
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
GNU Gatekeeper (gnugk), an open-source H.323 gatekeeper used for VoIP call routing, is affected when its RTCP statistics feature is enabled. A remote attacker sending specially crafted RTCP packets to the media proxy can cause it to read memory beyond the received data, crashing the gatekeeper.
Read the original description
GNU Gatekeeper (gnugk) before 5.16 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in ParseRTCP() in ProxyChannel.cxx that allows remote RTP peers to read heap memory past received packets. Attackers can send RTCP SDES items lacking a NUL byte to the media proxy port during proxied H.323 calls with EnableRTCPStats enabled, crashing the gatekeeper.
What to do
Upgrade to a fixed version: 5.16.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- willamowius gnugk
fixed in 5.16
Evidence 5
- Patch
- Repository
- Repository
- Repository
- Link
Corrections
None so far.
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Questions about CVE-2026-121625
Is CVE-2026-121625 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-121625?
gnugk: before 5.16.Source: cve.now feed data
How do I fix CVE-2026-121625?
Upgrade to a fixed version: 5.16.Source: cve.now feed data