CVE-2016-1254
Tor before 0.2.8.12 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via a crafted hidden service descriptor.
02 Description
Tor before 0.2.8.12 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via a crafted hidden service descriptor.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-12-05 16:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 22:48Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-12-27
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 65bd10f7d5c529d6dc88b665d25f2cf4c3ec0a34a264a7d23ffef94e9ad3c7ea
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:3281http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00154.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-95b4e9077ehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GTU2R253477RZLYAJAR5DAXAON7KIVLA/
- blog.torproject.orghttps://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-02812-released
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:3282http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00155.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3741https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3741
- trac.torproject.orghttps://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21018
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-76b646637ehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FXOJSMCTIOHLBRYFBVEL3CDLGPZXX6WE/
- gitweb.torproject.orghttps://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/commit/?id=d978216dea6b21ac38230a59d172139185a68dbd
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- tor Fixed in 0.2.9.8-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- tor Fixed in 0.2.9.8-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- tor Fixed in 0.2.9.8-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- tor Fixed in 0.2.4.27-1ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.