CVE-2018-25021 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The TCP Server module in toxcore before 0.2.8 doesn't free the TCP priority queue under certain conditions, which allows a remote attacker to exhaust the system's memory, causing a denial of service (DoS).

Published: 2021-12-13

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:toktok:toxcore:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-13802	The TCP Server module in toxcore before 0.2.8 doesn't free the TCP priority queue under certain conditions, which allows a remote attacker to exhaust the system's memory, causing a denial of service (DoS).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00976.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://blog.tox.chat/2018/10/memory-leak-bug-and-new-toxcore-release-fixing-it/
https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore/issues/1214
https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore/pull/1216

History

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Subscriptions

Toktok Toxcore

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-12-13T00:53:52.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:26:39.493Z

Reserved: 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-25021

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-13T01:15:07.533

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:03:22.417

Link: CVE-2018-25021

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-404

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