Code Injection in libproxy - CVE-2012-5580
Published: October 28, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41192
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5580
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: libproxy
Affected software:
libproxy
libproxy
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-5580
Install update from vendor's website.