CVE-2012-5580

Format string vulnerability in the print_proxies function in bin/proxy.c in libproxy 0.3.1 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a proxy name, as demonstrated using the http_proxy environment variable or a PAC file.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2014-10-27

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-94

Affected products

• Libproxy (Libproxy Project)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56712
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=791086
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883100
• https://code.google.com/p/libproxy/source/detail?r=475
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80340