CVE-2026-49840
critical · 9.1FreeSWITCH 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 version 1.11.1, esl_recv_event() parses Content-Length with atol() and passes the result straight to malloc(len + 1) with no sign or magnitude check. A malicious or man-in-the-middle ESL peer can send a frame with a negative Content-Length to corrupt the heap of, or crash, any process linked against libesl, before the client has authenticated to that peer. This issue has been patched in version 1.11.1.
9.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
24th
EPSS percentile
2026-06-09
Published
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-20CWE-122CWE-195CWE-787
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| freeswitch | freeswitch | < 1.11.1 |
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