CVE-2022-24786 Potential out-of-bound read/write in PJSIP

What is CVE-2022-24786?

CVE-2022-24786 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 6 Apr 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

PJSIP is a free and open source multimedia communication library written in C. PJSIP versions 2.12 and prior do not parse incoming RTCP feedback RPSI (Reference Picture Selection Indication) packet, but any app that directly uses pjmedia_rtcp_fb_parse_rpsi() will be affected. A patch is available in the `master` branch of the `pjsip/pjproject` GitHub repository. There are currently no known workarounds.

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-24786?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Pjsip Pjsip.

How do I fix CVE-2022-24786?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2022-24786 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24786 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux

• CVE-2015-3306 ProFTPD Improper Access Control Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2025-49113 RoundCube Webmail Deserialization of Untrusted Data Exploited Critical 9.9
• CVE-2026-24061 GNU InetUtils Argument Injection Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-39682 Linux Kernel Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-9680 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.8

All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2022-24786, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24786, GHSA-vhxv-phmx-g52q, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24786.