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libtoxcore — security advisory
A stack-based buffer overflow in handle_request function in DHT.c in toxcore 0.1.9 through 0.1.11 and 0.2.0 through 0.2.12 (caused by an improper length calculation during the handling of received network packets) allows remote attackers to crash the process or potentially execute arbitrary code via a network packet.
- Products
- libtoxcore
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.2.13-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-44847
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 01:00 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A stack-based buffer overflow in handle_request function in DHT.c in toxcore 0.1.9 through 0.1.11 and 0.2.0 through 0.2.12 (caused by an improper length calculation during the handling of received network packets) allows remote attackers to crash the process or potentially execute arbitrary code via a network packet.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-44847
libtoxcore
Fixed versions: 0.2.13-1
libtoxcore
Fixed versions: 0.2.13-1
libtoxcore
Fixed versions: 0.2.13-1
Complete source record
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