CVE-2026-116784: FreeSWITCH: Out-of-bounds read in RTCP NACK feedback parsing
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-116784 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in signalwire freeswitch. EPSS estimates a 0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 0% (FIRST, 10-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Timeline
- 05-11-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-11-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
FreeSWITCH is a Software Defined Telecom Stack enabling the digital transformation from proprietary telecom switches to a software implementation that runs on any commodity hardware. Prior to 1.11.2, process_rtcp_report() used an RTPFB NACK packet's declared RTCP header length as its feedback-entry loop bound instead of the datagram length already validated by the caller. A short packet with an oversized declaration could drive reads far beyond the fixed 16 KiB receive buffer. Any peer able to send RTCP to an active video call can reach the flaw, including calls where remote SDP enables video RTCP even though the SIP profile has no explicit RTCP interval configured. The out-of-bounds read can crash FreeSWITCH and terminate every active call, but supplies no write primitive and does not echo the read values to the sender. This issue is fixed in version 1.11.2.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.45%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
39%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Change unavailable
Change unavailable
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Signalwire1 product
- freeswitch< 1.11.2
1 vendor · 1 product
References
3 links- github.com/signalwire/freeswitch/security/advisories/GHSA-f3xg-63wg-hjw4X Refsource CONFIRM
- github.com/signalwire/freeswitch/releases/tag/v1.11.2X Refsource MISC