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CVE-2012-3501
The squidclamav_check_preview_handler function in squidclamav.c in SquidClamav 5.x before 5.8 and 6.x before 6.7 passes an unescaped URL…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.3%
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- redhat
Description
The squidclamav_check_preview_handler function in squidclamav.c in SquidClamav 5.x before 5.8 and 6.x before 6.7 passes an unescaped URL to a system command call, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a URL with certain characters, as demonstrated using %0D or %0A.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 11% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- http://squidclamav.darold.net/news.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120816 Re: CVE Request: SquidClamav insufficient escaping flaws (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 84138 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=428778 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/darold/squidclamav/commit/80f74451f628264d1d9a1f1c0bbcebc932ba5e00 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120816 CVE Request: SquidClamav insufficient escaping flaws (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 54663 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 49057 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://freecode.com/projects/squidclamav/releases/346722 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .