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high 7.5

CVE-2016-1254 json

Tor before 0.2.8.12 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via a crafted hidden service descriptor.

published 2017-12-05 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-2353

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.0%
EPSS 3.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Tor before 0.2.8.12 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via a crafted hidden service descriptor.

Patch / fix

  • torproject tor 0.2.8.12
  • tor Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.2.9.8-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1254

  • tor Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.2.4.27-1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1254

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • tor openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.4.6.7-2.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11469-1

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-2016-1254 updated cvss 5.9

tor: Remote DoS via parsing problem

  • 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

3.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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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