CVE-2026-77641 PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre
Reserved: 20.08.2026 Published: 20.08.2026 Updated: 20.08.2026

tor before 0.4.9.9 was prone to a NULL write after free when sending a CONFLUX_SWITCH cell fails. The return value of relay_send_command_from_edge() was ignored, so a send failure (which calls circuit_mark_for_close() and removes the leg via cfx_del_leg()) would go undetected, causing the caller to write to the now-freed current leg and resulting in a crash. This is TROVE-2026-017.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CVSS Score: 6.5

Product Status

Vendor torproject
Product Tor
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0.4.8.1-alpha to 0.4.9.9 (excl.)

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-252 Unchecked Return Value CWE