CVE-2015-2688 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Tor versions before 0.2.4.26 and 0.2.5.11. It allows remote attackers to crash the Tor daemon by sending crafted packets that exploit improper handling of unexpected buffer arrival times with invalid layouts. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, leading to a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.2.4.26CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 0.2.5.1, < 0.2.5.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.