CVE-2026-28799 (GCVE-0-2026-28799)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-06 06:36 – Updated: 2026-03-09 19:50
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Title
PJSIP: Heap use-after-free in PJSIP presence subscription termination handler
Summary
PJSIP is a free and open source multimedia communication library written in C. Prior to version 2.17, a heap use-after-free vulnerability exists in PJSIP's event subscription framework (evsub.c) that is triggered during presence unsubscription (SUBSCRIBE with Expires=0). This issue has been patched in version 2.17.
Severity ?
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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pjsip pjproject Affected: < 2.17
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