CVE-2012-5580

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-5580
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-10-27 22:55:09 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionFormat 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-94 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libproxy Project Libproxy 0.3.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Google Code Archive - Long-term storage for Google Code Project Hosting. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.google.com
Bug 883100 – CVE-2012-5580 libproxy: format string flaw in bin/proxy af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Bug 791086 – VUL-0: CVE-2012-5580: libproxy: format string vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.novell.com Exploit
libproxy 'print_proxies()' Function Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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