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CVE-2011-0016
- Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2011-01-19 · updated 2026-06-16
- Weakness: CWE-399
Description
Tor before 0.2.1.29 and 0.2.2.x before 0.2.2.21-alpha does not properly manage key data in memory, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging the ability to read memory that was previously used by a different process.
Affected products
- Tor: through 0.2.1.28; 0.0.2, 0.0.2_pre13, 0.0.2_pre14, 0.0.2_pre15, 0.0.2_pre16, 0.0.2_pre17 (+200)
References
- http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Jan-2011/msg00000.html
- http://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-02129-released-security-patches
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42905
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42907
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2148
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/18/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45832
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024980
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0131
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0132
- https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/blob/refs/heads/release-0.2.2:/ChangeLog
- https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/2384
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