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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2014-10-27T22:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:14:15.617Z

Reserved: 2012-10-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-5580

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-10-27T22:55:09.907

Modified: 2017-08-29T01:32:42.887

Link: CVE-2012-5580

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2012-11-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-5580 - Bugzilla