# CVE-2016-7550: Null dereference in n/a

> A remote attacker can cause a denial of service in Asterisk PBX software due to a null pointer dereference.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 23 May 2019
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7550, GHSA-5w4x-m7wq-hcg9, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7550

## What is CVE-2016-7550?

CVE-2016-7550 is a high-severity vulnerability in Digium Asterisk, published on 23 May 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

asterisk 13.10.0 is affected by: denial of service issues in asterisk. The impact is: cause a denial of service (remote).

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7550?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Digium Asterisk.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-7550?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2016-7550 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7550 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Digium Asterisk

- [CVE-2017-14100](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14100/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2014-8418](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8418/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2011-1599](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1599/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2017-16671](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-16671/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-7617](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7617/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-7550 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-7550 is a high-severity vulnerability in Digium Asterisk, published on 23 May 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7550 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Digium Asterisk. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7550/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7550/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7550
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7550
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7550

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7550/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.