CVE-2016-8860 (GCVE-0-2016-8860)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-04 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:35
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Summary
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 NUL termination was present, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client, hidden service, relay, or authority crash) via crafted data.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2016-10-19 00:00
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}



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