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Case File

CVE-2016-8860

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 1.95% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-01-04 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2016-8860
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
1.95%

Original NVD Description

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.