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CVE-2016-1254
Tor before 0.2.8.12 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via a crafted hidden service descriptor.
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 3.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Tor before 0.2.8.12 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via a crafted hidden service descriptor.
Timeline
ID reserved
By debian
- 24 months later
· 24 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.0% · top 13% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- openSUSE-SU-2016:3281 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-95b4e9077e (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-02812-released (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:3282 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-3741 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21018 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-76b646637e (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/commit/?id=d978216dea6b21ac38230a59d172139185a68dbd (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2016-2353 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2016-1254)Record last updated .