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CVE-2012-4505
Heap-based buffer overflow in the px_pac_reload function in lib/pac.c in libproxy 0.2.x and 0.3.x allows remote servers to have an…
High10.0EPSS 3.2%
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- redhat
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the px_pac_reload function in lib/pac.c in libproxy 0.2.x and 0.3.x allows remote servers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted Content-Length size in an HTTP response header for a proxy.pac file request, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4504.
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)
- 3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (3 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
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- affected n/a
References (13)
- 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
- RHSA-2012:1461 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#%21topic/libproxy/VxZ8No7mT0E (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
- DSA-2571 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 51180 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 51308 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 55910 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20121016 Re: libproxy PAC downloading buffer overflows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=864612 (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)
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