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high 8.1

CVE-2017-8823 json

In Tor before 0.2.5.16, 0.2.6 through 0.2.8 before 0.2.8.17, 0.2.9 before 0.2.9.14, 0.3.0 before 0.3.0.13, and 0.3.1 before 0.3.1.9, there…

published 2017-12-03 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-17766

cvss
8.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Tor before 0.2.5.16, 0.2.6 through 0.2.8 before 0.2.8.17, 0.2.9 before 0.2.9.14, 0.3.0 before 0.3.0.13, and 0.3.1 before 0.3.1.9, there is a use-after-free in onion service v2 during intro-point expiration because the expiring list is mismanaged in certain error cases, aka TROVE-2017-013.

Patch / fix

  • tor_project tor 0.2.5.16, 0.2.8.17, 0.2.9.14, 0.3.0.13, 0.3.1.9
  • tor Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.3.1.9-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8823

  • tor Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.2.9.14-1ubuntu1~16.04.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8823

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • tor openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.4.6.7-2.2
  • tor Package Hub 12 0.3.1.9-8.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11469-1openSUSE-SU-2017:3201-1openSUSE-SU-2017:3203-1

  • tor Arch Linux 0.3.1.9-1

arch linux advisories AVG-539

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-8823 updated

tor: Multiple vulnerabilities

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a Tor before 0.2.5.16, 0.2.6 through 0.2.8 before 0.2.8.17, 0.2.9 before 0.2.9.14, 0.3.0 before 0.3.0.13, and 0.3.1 before 0.3.1.9

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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