CVE-2014-8418

critical
Published 2014-11-24 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
9.0
VIR risk
9.0

Description

The DB dialplan function in Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x before 1.8.32, 11.x before 11.1.4.1, 12.x before 12.7.1, and 13.x before 13.0.1 and Certified Asterisk 1.8 before 1.8.28-cert8 and 11.6 before 11.6-cert8 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via a call from an external protocol, as demonstrated by the AMI protocol.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2014-018.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8418

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbullseyefixed1:13.1.0~dfsg-1
debian debiansidfixed1:13.1.0~dfsg-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
digiumcertified_asterisk1.8.28
digiumcertified_asterisk11.6
digiumcertified_asterisk11.6.0
digiumasterisk{"startIncluding":"1.8.0","endIncluding":"1.8.32.0"}

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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