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CVE-2026-57163

PJSIP: Stack overflow parsing a TLS peer certificate's SubjectAltName in GnuTLS backend

Published: Sep 4, 2026Updated: Sep 11, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-121

Description

PJSIP is a free and open source multimedia communication library written in C. Prior to commit c4a151a, a stack buffer overflow exists in the GnuTLS TLS backend when parsing the Subject Alternative Name extension of a peer certificate (tls_cert_get_info() in ssl_sock_gtls.c). Only GnuTLS builds are affected (--with-gnutls); OpenSSL and Apple SecureTransport/Network.framework builds are not affected. While extracting certificate information after a TLS handshake, an incorrect buffer-size value can cause an oversized SubjectAltName entry to be written past the end of a fixed-size stack buffer. A network-positioned attacker presenting a crafted certificate — a malicious server to a connecting client, or a malicious client to a server that requests certificates — can trigger this during the TLS handshake, before any SIP-level authentication. Impact may range from unexpected application termination to control flow hijack/memory corruption. This issue has been patched via commit c4a151a.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High

Weaknesses

Affected Products

pjsip
oss-projectaka pjproject, pjmedia-video

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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