CVE-2012-5580

Published Oct 27, 2014

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

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.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.5
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-94

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:libproxy_project:libproxy:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "E3A470FD-BAB3-4A03-89A7-F86FC9F8D339"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References