CVE-2012-0804
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 8.4%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in the proxy_connect function in src/client.c in CVS 1.11 and 1.12 allows remote HTTP proxy servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTTP response.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 8.4% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0832)
- Published
- May 29, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0832 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- cvs / cvs
- cvs / cvs
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-02/msg00064.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0321.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47869(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48063(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48142(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48150
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1371-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2407
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:044
- http://www.osvdb.org/78987
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51943
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026719
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=784141
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73097
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-44
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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