CVE-2016-8860
Tor before 0.2.8.9 and 0.2.9.x before 0.2.9.4-alpha had internal functions that were entitled to expect that buf_t data had NUL termination, but the implementation of or/buffers.c did not ensure that
02 Description
Tor before 0.2.8.9 and 0.2.9.x before 0.2.9.4-alpha had internal functions that were entitled to expect that buf_t data had NUL termination, but the implementation of or/buffers.c did not ensure that
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
- 1.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 79.8% 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
- 2017-01-04 20:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 02:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-10-19
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- 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
- 5a7dba5c8fa7bf87c4006c4caeb41b7325a2aaf768268aa0bc9dd5cc2e362671
05 Affected products
06 References
- blog.torproject.orghttps://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-0289-released-important-fixes
- github.comhttps://github.com/torproject/tor/commit/3cea86eb2fbb65949673eb4ba8ebb695c87a57ce
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201612-45https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-45
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20161019 Re: CVE request for torhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/11
- trac.torproject.orghttps://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/20384
- www.securityfocus.com95116http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95116
- www.debian.orgDSA-3694http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3694
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- tor Fixed in 0.2.8.9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- tor Fixed in 0.2.8.9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- tor Fixed in 0.2.8.9-1
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.