CVE-2012-3518
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 2.8% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-3473)
- Published
- August 26, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-3473 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- tor / tor
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00048.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/21/6
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50583
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-03.xml
- https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/commit/55f635745afacefffdaafc72cc176ca7ab817546
- https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/commit/57e35ad3d91724882c345ac709666a551a977f0f
- https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-announce/2012-August/000086.html
- https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6530
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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