Security Advisory
CVE-2021-44847
9.8
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
December 13, 2021
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory