CVE Catalog

CVE-2012-5580

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

CVE-2012-5580 describes a format string vulnerability in the print_proxies function in bin/proxy.c in libproxy 0.3.1, which may allow attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a proxy name.

Risk Assessment

Attackers could exploit this vulnerability to remotely trigger service crashes or execute malicious code, posing a significant security threat to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update libproxy to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor the use of environment variables related to proxies.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS