{"id":"CVE-2016-8860","details":"Tor before 0.2.8.9 and 0.2.9.x before 0.2.9.4-alpha had internal functions that were entitled to expect that buf_t data had NUL termination, but the implementation of or/buffers.c did not ensure that NUL termination was present, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client, hidden service, relay, or authority crash) via crafted data.","modified":"2026-05-17T11:54:49.417573096Z","published":"2017-01-04T20:59:00.340Z","database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:0.2.9.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"extracted_events":[{"last_affected":"0.2.8.8"},{"last_affected":"0.2.9.0-alpha"},{"last_affected":"0.2.9.0-alpha"}],"vendor_product":"torproject:tor","source":"CPE_FIELD"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95116"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/11"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3694"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-0289-released-important-fixes"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-45"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/20384"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torproject/tor/commit/3cea86eb2fbb65949673eb4ba8ebb695c87a57ce"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}