Is CVE-2012-1183 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-1183 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-1183?

CVE-2012-1183 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-1183?

CVE-2012-1183 has an EPSS score of 3.73% (88th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2012-1183?

Upgrade asterisk on debian 11 to 1:1.8.10.0~dfsg-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-1183

MEDIUMEPSS 88th pctl

4.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the milliwatt_generate function in the Miliwatt application in Asterisk 1.4.x before 1.4.44, 1.6.x before 1.6.2.23, 1.8.x before 1.8.10.1, and 10.x before 10.2.1, when the o option is used and the internal_timing option is off, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large number of samples in an audio packet.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

asteriskDebian

Fixed in:1:1.8.10.0~dfsg-1CVE-2012-1183

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

3.73%probability of exploitation in 30 days

88thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 88% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

Vendor Advisory1

downloads.asterisk.org

Third-Party Advisory4

Other references5

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-119 (Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-29.