Out-of-bounds Read Affecting tor package, versions <0.4.3.6-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.4% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-TOR-19166195
  • published22 Aug 2026
  • disclosed15 Jul 2020

Introduced: 15 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-15572  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest tor to version 0.4.3.6-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tor package and not the tor package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

Tor before 0.4.3.6 has an out-of-bounds memory access that allows a remote denial-of-service (crash) attack against Tor instances built to use Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS), aka TROVE-2020-001.

CVSS Base Scores

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