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CVE-2012-5580

HIGH

7.5

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.1420%

EPSS Percentile10.02th

PublishedOct 27, 2014

Last ModifiedMay 6, 2026

Vulnerability Description

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.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦

Libproxy Project

Libproxy

= 0.3.1

References & Advisories

🔗 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56712

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

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

🔗 https://code.google.com/p/libproxy/source/detail?r=475

🔗 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80340

🔗 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56712

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

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

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