01 Record

CVE-2012-0804

Heap-based buffer overflow in the proxy_connect function in src/client.c in CVS 1.11 and 1.12 allows remote HTTP proxy servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the proxy_connect function in src/client.c in CVS 1.11 and 1.12 allows remote HTTP proxy servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 8.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Ranks above 94.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2012-05-29 20:00Z14 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 18:38Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2012-01-19

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

7a148d0117b593133d2fe7462f329e13bb1bc1e28ad1df71c0b7e405e80660dc

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

cvscvsNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

06 References

lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:0310http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-02/msg00064.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
www.securitytracker.com1026719http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026719vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
secunia.com48150http://secunia.com/advisories/48150third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcvs-proxyconnect-bo(73097)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73097vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:0321http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0321.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2012:044http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:044vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
www.osvdb.org78987http://www.osvdb.org/78987vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
secunia.com48142http://secunia.com/advisories/48142third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
ubuntu.comUSN-1371-1http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1371-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
secunia.com47869http://secunia.com/advisories/47869third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-44https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-44vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=784141x_refsource_MISC
www.debian.orgDSA-2407http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2407vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
www.securityfocus.com51943http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51943vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
secunia.com48063http://secunia.com/advisories/48063third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

01 Record index

CVE-2012-0804

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03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

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06 References

02 Records

CVE-2012-0804

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References