NVD · CVE-2026-44597

CVE-2026-44597

Published: Thu, 07 May 2026 01:16

CVE-2026-44597

Summary

Tor before 0.4.9.7 has an out-of-bounds read when an END, a TRUNCATE, or a TRUNCATED cell lacks a reason in its payload, aka TROVE-2026-011.

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References

https://forum.torproject.org/c/news/tor-release-announcement/28
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/commit/8f98054b1982d00a14639864d03e9afd90b87481
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/work_items/41254
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/06/8

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