5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2012-3518
Tor Vote Validation Denial of Service
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 26, 2012, 3:17 a.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 22, 2013, 3:56 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-3518 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Tor tor
1 Torproject tor

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