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Fencer Vulns
low 3.7

CVE-2025-4444 json

Tor Onion Service Descriptor resource consumption

published 2025-09-18 13 mo ago modified 2026-10-19 20 d ago also EUVD-2025-29912

cvss
3.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A security flaw has been discovered in Tor up to 0.4.7.16/0.4.8.17. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Onion Service Descriptor Handler. Performing manipulation results in resource consumption. The attack may be initiated remotely. The attack's complexity is rated as high. The exploitability is considered difficult. Upgrading to version 0.4.8.18 and 0.4.9.3-alpha is recommended to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Patch / fix

  • n/a Tor 0.4.8.18, 0.4.9.3-alpha
  • tor Debian 12 0.4.9.6-0+deb12u1
  • tor Debian 13 0.4.9.6-0+deb13u1
  • tor Debian 14 0.4.8.21-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-4444

  • tor openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.4.8.18-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:15571-1

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-2025-4444 updated cvss 3.7

tor: Tor Onion Service Descriptor resource consumption

  • 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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
13 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 6.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
CNA 3.1 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C
CNA 3.0 3.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C
CNA 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C
CNA 4.0 6.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CNA 3.1 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CNA 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a Tor

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

References

Sources

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