CVE-2026-71980
OOB read in bcg729 codec via zero-length RTP comfort-noise payload.
Is CVE-2026-71980 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-71980 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.34% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-71980?
CVE-2026-71980 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.7. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-71980?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-71980, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-71980 affect?
CVE-2026-71980 affects Belledonne Communications bcg729 <= 1.1.2, VoIP endpoints using bcg729, SIP servers/media gateways using bcg729. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-71980?
Filter/block zero-length RTP CN packets; apply vendor patch or upgrade bcg729 when available.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Unauthenticated network-adjacent attacker can trigger heap OOB read causing media process crash (DoS) or disclosure of adjacent heap memory.
Patch when possible
- affected<= 1.1.2
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.