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CVE-2012-4504
Stack-based buffer overflow in the url::get_pac function in url.cpp in libproxy 0.4.x before 0.4.9 allows remote servers to have an…
High10.0EPSS 3.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the url::get_pac function in url.cpp in libproxy 0.4.x before 0.4.9 allows remote servers to have an unspecified impact via a large proxy.pac file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · 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: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1375 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 51048 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 55909 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#%21topic/libproxy/VxZ8No7mT0E (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=864417 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1629-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20121012 libproxy PAC downloading buffer overflows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20121012 Re: libproxy PAC downloading buffer overflows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://code.google.com/p/libproxy/source/detail?r=853 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- libproxy-urlgetpac-bo(79249) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20121016 Re: libproxy PAC downloading buffer overflows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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)
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