CVE-2013-2686

main/http.c in the HTTP server in Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x before 1.8.20.2, 10.x before 10.12.2, and 11.x before 11.2.2; Certified Asterisk 1.8.15 before 1.8.15-cert2; and Asterisk Digiumphones 10.x-digiumphones before 10.12.2-digiumphones does not properly restrict Content-Length values, which allows remote attackers to conduct stack-consumption attacks and cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted HTTP POST request. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2012-5976.

Published: 2013-04-01 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-2686 is rated Moderate Risk (47.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.13%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-2686

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 2.45% 2.13% -0.32%
2 2025-03-30 4.60% 2.45% -2.15%
3 2025-03-29 4.60%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-2686

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-2686

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-2686

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-2686 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-2013-2686
gentoo high CVE-2013-2686: 1 GLSA(s) (201401-15), 1 atom(s) (net-misc/asterisk); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-2686
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-2686 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (asterisk), 15 status rows across 15 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 7, not-affected 6, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2686

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-2686

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
asterisk open_source 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.3:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.4:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.6.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.6.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.8.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.8.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.8.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.8.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.8.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.9.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.9.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.9.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.10.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.10.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.10.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.10.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.11.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.11.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.12 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.12.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.12.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.12.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.12.2 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.13.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.13.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.13.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
asterisk open_source 1.8.13.0 cpe:2.3:a:asterisk:open_source:1.8.13.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-2686

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