CVE-2026-40614

PJSIP: Heap buffer overflow in Opus codec decoding

Published Apr 21, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
PJSIP is a free and open source multimedia communication library written in C. In 2.16 and earlier, there is a buffer overflow when decoding Opus audio frames due to insufficient buffer size validation in the Opus codec decode path. The FEC decode buffers (dec_frame[].buf) were allocated based on a PCM-derived formula: (sample_rate/1000) * 60 * channel_cnt * 2. At 8 kHz mono this yields only 960 bytes, but codec_parse() can output encoded frames up to MAX_ENCODED_PACKET_SIZE (1280) bytes via opus_repacketizer_out_range(). The three pj_memcpy() calls in codec_decode() copied input->size bytes without bounds checking, causing a heap buffer overflow.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4631-1 asterisk security update
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Pjsip pjsip
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:pjsip:pjsip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Pjsip pjsip
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Pjsip
Pjsip pjproject
Vendors & Products Pjsip
Pjsip pjproject
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Description PJSIP is a free and open source multimedia communication library written in C. In 2.16 and earlier, there is a buffer overflow when decoding Opus audio frames due to insufficient buffer size validation in the Opus codec decode path. The FEC decode buffers (dec_frame[].buf) were allocated based on a PCM-derived formula: (sample_rate/1000) * 60 * channel_cnt * 2. At 8 kHz mono this yields only 960 bytes, but codec_parse() can output encoded frames up to MAX_ENCODED_PACKET_SIZE (1280) bytes via opus_repacketizer_out_range(). The three pj_memcpy() calls in codec_decode() copied input->size bytes without bounds checking, causing a heap buffer overflow.
Title PJSIP: Heap buffer overflow in Opus codec decoding
Weaknesses CWE-122
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Apr 22, 2026, 1:33 PM
Reserved
Apr 14, 2026, 2:07 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 21, 2026, 7:16 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 9:10 PM