CVE-2012-5580
EPSS 3.1%
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 code via format string specifiers in a proxy name, as demonstrated using the http_proxy environment variable or a PAC file.
How to fix CVE-2012-5580
To remediate CVE-2012-5580, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libproxy—upgrade to 0.3.1-4 or later
Is CVE-2012-5580 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.3.1-4