CVE-2018-25021
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.023 · 84 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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).
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (2)
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references (11)
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- https://blog.tox.chat/2018/10/memory-leak-bug-and-new-toxcore-release-fixing-it/cnnvd
- https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore/issues/1214cnnvd
- https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore/pull/1216cnnvd
- https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/commit/bf69b54f64003d160d759068f4816b2d9b2e1e21Patchcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25021cnnvd
- https://blog.tox.chat/2018/10/memory-leak-bug-and-new-toxcore-release-fixing-it/enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore/issues/1214enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore/pull/1216enisa_euvd
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