CVE-2016-3180

HIGH 8.1CVE-2016-3180 · Published 07/02/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-3180 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability affecting tor browser launcher (tor browser launcher project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.9%, higher than 80.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
tor browser launcher tor_browser_launcher_project	`= 0.2.3`	No fix yet

Description

Tor Browser Launcher (aka torbrowser-launcher) before 0.2.4, during the initial run, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass the PGP signature verification and execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse tar file and a signature file with the valid tarball and signature.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/96140 · Third Party Advisory
micahflee/torbrowser-launcher · Vendor Advisory

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