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CVE-2018-25021

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-25021 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the TCP Server module in toxcore versions prior to 0.2.8, including products like toktok. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by preventing the TCP priority queue from being freed, leading to memory exhaustion and system instability. Rated as High severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction required. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:toktok:toxcore:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0227 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

blog.tox.chat / 2018/10/memory-leak-bug-and-new-toxcore-release-fixing-it
Third Party Advisory
github.com / TokTok/c-toxcore/issues/1214
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / TokTok/c-toxcore/pull/1216
Third Party Advisory