CVE-2021-38385

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.017 · 77 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.69% (77th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Tor before 0.3.5.16, 0.4.5.10, and 0.4.6.7 mishandles the relationship between batch-signature verification and single-signature verification, leading to a remote assertion failure, aka TROVE-2021-007.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-617USprimary

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
torproject tor< 0.3.5.16nvdUScpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torproject tor0.4.0.0 → 0.4.5.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
torproject tor0.4.6.0 → 0.4.6.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-08-30modified 2026-06-17

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references (15)

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