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CVE-2012-3517: tor Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2012-3517
Published 26-08-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-3517 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in tor. EPSS estimates a 2.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.77%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
DLA-17-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10423-1

Timeline

  1. 26-08-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in dns.c in Tor before 0.2.2.38 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via vectors related to failed DNS requests.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.77%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.77% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.77%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • tor< 0.2.3.20-rc-1
Tor1 product
  • tor≤ 0.2.2.37

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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