Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 27, 2014· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2012-5580
CVE-2012-5580
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.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:libproxy_project:libproxy:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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