CVE-2012-4505
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
02 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
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
- 3.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.1% 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
- 2012-11-11 11:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-08-21
- 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
- 7a3dd4bb031fb1ccae899269a455d4a149eab179fbd2286e315a3255cc1337b5
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1375http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00065.html
- secunia.com51048http://secunia.com/advisories/51048
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1461http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1461.html
- groups.google.comhttps://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#%21topic/libproxy/VxZ8No7mT0E
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1629-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1629-1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121012 libproxy PAC downloading buffer overflowshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/12/1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121012 Re: libproxy PAC downloading buffer overflowshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/12/5
- www.debian.orgDSA-2571http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2571
- secunia.com51180http://secunia.com/advisories/51180
- secunia.com51308http://secunia.com/advisories/51308
- www.securityfocus.com55910http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55910
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121016 Re: libproxy PAC downloading buffer overflowshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/16/3
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=864612
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libproxy Fixed in 0.3.1-5.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libproxy Fixed in 0.3.1-5.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libproxy Fixed in 0.3.1-5.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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