CVE-2013-2238

medium
Published 2013-09-30 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
VIR risk
6.8

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the switch_perform_substitution function in switch_regex.c in FreeSWITCH 1.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the index and substituted variables.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
freeswitchfreeswitch1.2

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.