{"id":"UBUNTU-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":"2025-09-08T16:43:55Z","published":"2017-01-04T20:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-8860"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8860"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/20384"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-0289-released-important-fixes"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/torproject/tor/commit/3cea86eb2fbb65949673eb4ba8ebb695c87a57ce"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/18/11"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8860"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"tor","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/tor@0.2.4.27-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.2.4.27-1ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["0.2.3.25-1","0.2.4.19-1","0.2.4.20-1","0.2.4.27-1build0.14.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.2.4.27-1ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"tor"},{"binary_version":"0.2.4.27-1ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"tor-geoipdb"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8860.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}