CVE-2012-5580
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
02 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
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
- 3.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.7% 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
- Low. 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
- 2014-10-27 22:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-10-24
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7068e6202a7ae285c4f02e483ce7dce637473dc5ccbfd0579644e042d28fdf96
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com56712http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56712
- code.google.comhttps://code.google.com/p/libproxy/source/detail?r=475
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlibproxy-printproxies-format-string(80340)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80340
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883100
- bugzilla.novell.comhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=791086
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libproxy Fixed in 0.3.1-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libproxy Fixed in 0.3.1-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libproxy Fixed in 0.3.1-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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