01 Record
CVE-2012-3501
The squidclamav_check_preview_handler function in squidclamav.c in SquidClamav 5.x before 5.8 and 6.x before 6.7 passes an unescaped URL to a system command call, which allows remote attackers to
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The squidclamav_check_preview_handler function in squidclamav.c in SquidClamav 5.x before 5.8 and 6.x before 6.7 passes an unescaped URL to a system command call, which allows remote attackers to
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
- 3.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.5% 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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2012-08-25 10:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 23:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-06-14
- 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
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ad92c00547b4e07f5f9e8fedb035117ecf14085a3b3907b2f3302aef97800412
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- squidclamav.darold.nethttp://squidclamav.darold.net/news.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120816 Re: CVE Request: SquidClamav insufficient escaping flawshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/4
- www.osvdb.org84138http://www.osvdb.org/84138
- bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=428778
- github.comhttps://github.com/darold/squidclamav/commit/80f74451f628264d1d9a1f1c0bbcebc932ba5e00
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120816 CVE Request: SquidClamav insufficient escaping flawshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/2
- www.securityfocus.com54663http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54663
- secunia.com49057http://secunia.com/advisories/49057
- freecode.comhttp://freecode.com/projects/squidclamav/releases/346722