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CVE-2011-0490 json

Tor before 0.2.1.29 and 0.2.2.x before 0.2.2.21-alpha makes calls to Libevent within Libevent log handlers, which might allow remote attack…

published 2011-01-19 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-0510

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.5%
EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Tor before 0.2.1.29 and 0.2.2.x before 0.2.2.21-alpha makes calls to Libevent within Libevent log handlers, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via vectors that trigger certain log messages.

Patch / fix

  • tor Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.2.1.29-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-0490

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-0490 updated cvss 7.5

tor: multiple security flaws fixed in 0.2.1.29

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.