CVE-2025-12205 (GCVE-0-2025-12205)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-27 02:32 – Updated: 2025-11-04 21:09 Disputed
VLAI?
Title
Kamailio Configuration File cfg.lex sr_push_yy_state use after free
Summary
A vulnerability was detected in Kamailio 5.5. The affected element is the function sr_push_yy_state of the file src/core/cfg.lex of the component Configuration File Handler. The manipulation results in use after free. The attack must be initiated from a local position. The exploit is now public and may be used. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. This attack requires manipulating config files which might not be a realistic scenario in many cases. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Kamailio Affected: 5.5
Credits
zh_vul (VulDB User)
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