CVE-2012-3518
N/A
Published: August 26, 2012 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:43 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTor
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
The networkstatus_parse_vote_from_string function in routerparse.c in Tor before 0.2.2.38 does not properly handle an invalid flavor name, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and daemon crash) via a crafted (1) vote document or (2) consensus document.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00048.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/21/6Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-03.xmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/commit/55f635745afacefffdaafc72cc176ca7ab817546x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/commit/57e35ad3d91724882c345ac709666a551a977f0fMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-announce/2012-August/000086.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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