CVE-2012-4419
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.2%EU EUVD
The compare_tor_addr_to_addr_policy function in or/policies.c in Tor before 0.2.2.39, and 0.2.3.x before 0.2.3.21-rc, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a zero-valued port field that is not properly handled during policy comparison.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 2.2% (82th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-4354)
- Published
- September 14, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-4354 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- torproject / tor
- torproject / tor
- torproject / tor
- torproject / tor
- torproject / tor
- torproject / tor
- torproject / tor
- torproject / tor
- torproject / tor
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- torproject / tor
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- torproject / tor
- torproject / tor
- torproject / tor
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- torproject / tor
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- torproject / tor
- torproject / tor
- torproject / tor
- torproject / tor
- torproject / tor
and 45 more…
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/088006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00005.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50583
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-03.xml
- https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/blob/release-0.2.2:/ReleaseNotes
- https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/commit/62d96284f7e0f81c40d5df7e53dd7b4dfe7e56a5
- https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2012-September/025434.html
- https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6690
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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