CVE-2012-4504
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 3.5%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the url::get_pac function in url.cpp in libproxy 0.4.x before 0.4.9 allows remote servers to have an unspecified impact via a large proxy.pac file.
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
- 3.5% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-4433)
- Published
- November 11, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-4433 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- libproxy project / libproxy
- libproxy project / libproxy
- libproxy project / libproxy
- libproxy project / libproxy
- libproxy project / libproxy
- libproxy project / libproxy
- libproxy project / libproxy
- libproxy project / libproxy
References
- http://code.google.com/p/libproxy/source/detail?r=853(Patch)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00065.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51048(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/12/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/12/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/16/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55909
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1629-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=864417
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79249
- https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#%21topic/libproxy/VxZ8No7mT0E
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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