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CVE-2012-4505

CRITICAL

10.0

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.1570%

EPSS Percentile22.42th

PublishedNov 11, 2012

Last ModifiedApr 29, 2026

Vulnerability 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.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦

Libproxy Project

Libproxy

= 0.2.3

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Libproxy Project

Libproxy

= 0.3.0

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Libproxy Project

Libproxy

= 0.3.1

References & Advisories

🔗 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00065.html

🔗 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1461.html

🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/51048

🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/51180

🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/51308

🔗 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2571

🔗 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/12/1

🔗 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/12/5

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