CVE-2026-116574FreeSWITCH: Off-by-one heap write in core XML serialization of four-byte UTF-8 sequences
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, switch_xml_ampencode() reserved only ten bytes for the widest numeric character reference produced from a four-byte UTF-8 sequence, omitting space for the terminating NUL. When remote-supplied text was serialized at the exact buffer-growth boundary, the terminator wrote one byte beyond the heap allocation. Reachable surfaces include mod_xml_cdr, conference and formatted CDR XML, XML Event Socket output, and XML API output that serializes caller-controlled values. The fixed zero-byte write can abort the process or truncate an adjacent object, while remote code execution has not been demonstrated. This issue is fixed in version 1.11.2.
Overview
Severity
| Score | Severity | Version | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.9 | MEDIUM | 3.1GitHub_M (CNA) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
Details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-116574
- Status
- Received
- Assigner (CNA)
- GitHub_M
- Published
- Nov 5, 2026
- Last modified
- 2026-11-05 19:17 UTC
Affected Products
As published by the CNA in the CVE record.
signalwirefreeswitch1 version range
- < 1.11.2