CVE-2008-2119

Exp

Asterisk Open Source 1.0.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.29 and Business Edition A.x.x and B.x.x before B.2.5.3, when pedantic parsing (aka pedanticsipchecking) is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a SIP INVITE message that lacks a From header, related to invocations of the ast_uri_decode function, and improper handling of (1) an empty const string and (2) a NULL pointer.

Published: 2008-06-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2119 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.27%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-2119

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5749 exploit_db edb 2008-06-05 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2119

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 10.13% 7.27% -2.86%
2 2026-03-24 12.47% 10.13% -2.34%
3 2025-12-17 12.47%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2119

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-2119

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-2119

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2008-2119 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (asterisk), 2 status rows across 2 suites (bullseye, sid): resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2119
gentoo normal CVE-2008-2119: 1 GLSA(s) (200905-01), 1 atom(s) (net-misc/asterisk); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-2119
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-2119 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (asterisk), 8 status rows across 8 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): not-affected 5, ignored 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-2119

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2119

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
asterisk asterisk_business_edition <= b2.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk asterisk_business_edition b.1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:b.1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk asterisk_business_edition b.1.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:b.1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk asterisk_business_edition b.2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:b.2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk asterisk_business_edition b.2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:b.2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk asterisk_business_edition b.2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:b.2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk asterisk_business_edition b.2.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:b.2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk asterisk_business_edition b.2.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:b.2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk asterisk_business_edition b.2.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:b.2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk asterisk_business_edition b.2.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:b.2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk asterisk_business_edition b2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:asterisk_business_edition:b2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source <= 1.2.28 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.0.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.0.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.0beta1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.0beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.0beta2 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.0beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.10 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.11 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.12 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.13 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.14 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.15 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.16 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.17 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.18 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.19 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.20 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.21 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.21.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.22 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.23 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.24 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.25 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.26 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.26.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.26.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.26.2 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.26.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.2.27 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.2.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2119

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