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    CVE-2012-5580

    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.

    Published:Nov 24, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Oct 27, 2014
    EPSS Score:0.00802
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Libproxy Project
    Product
    Libproxy

    Exploits

    https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=791086https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883100https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=791086https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883100

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High