Description
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.
Published: 2014-10-27
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-5467 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.
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Libproxy Project Libproxy
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:14:15.617Z

Reserved: 2012-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-5580

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-10-27T22:55:09.907

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2012-5580

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2012-11-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-5580 - Bugzilla

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