CVE-2019-25078

Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in pacparser up to 1.3.x. Affected by this vulnerability is the function pacparser_find_proxy of the file src/pacparser.c. The manipulation of the argument url leads to buffer overflow. Attacking locally is a requirement. Upgrading to version 1.4.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 853e8f45607cb07b877ffd270c63dbcdd5201ad9. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-215443.

How to fix CVE-2019-25078

To remediate CVE-2019-25078, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —no fix listed
• —upgrade to 853e8f45607cb07b877ffd270c63dbcdd5201ad9 or later

Is CVE-2019-25078 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (2)

• from 0
• from 0, < 853e8f45607cb07b877ffd270c63dbcdd5201ad9 | from 0, < 1.4.0

CVSS scores

References (5)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-25078
• PATCHgithub.com/manugarg/pacparser/commit/853e8f45607cb07b877ffd270c63dbcdd5201ad9
• REPORTgithub.com/manugarg/pacparser/issues/99
• WEBgithub.com/manugarg/pacparser/releases/tag/v1.4.0