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CVE-2011-1924 json

Buffer overflow in the policy_summarize function in or/policies.c in Tor before 0.2.1.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of servi…

published 2011-06-14 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-1922

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in the policy_summarize function in or/policies.c in Tor before 0.2.1.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (directory authority crash) via a crafted policy that triggers creation of a long port list.

Patch / fix

  • tor Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.2.1.30-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1924

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-2011-1924 updated cvss 4.3

tor: remote DoS fixed in 0.2.1.30

  • 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

2.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% 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

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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