CVE-2026-49840

Critical

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 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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.1
Exploit probability—
ProductFreeswitch
PublishedJun 9, 2026
First seenJun 9, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • freeswitch freeswitch1.11.1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
freeswitch freeswitchv < 1.11.11.11.1

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