High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 19, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-40468

Description

Potential leak of left-over heap data if custom error page templates containing special non-standard variables are used. Tinyproxy commit 84f203f and earlier use uninitialized buffers in process_request() function.

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Affected products

Tinyproxy/Tinyproxy3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:tinyproxy_project:tinyproxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:tinyproxy_project:tinyproxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.11.1
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)
osv-coords3 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/tinyproxy&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5 pkg:rpm/opensuse/tinyproxy&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/suse/tinyproxy&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP5
< 1.11.2-bp155.3.3.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.11.2-bp155.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.11.1-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.11.2-bp155.3.3.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/tinyproxy/tinyproxy/blob/84f203fb1c4733608c7283bbe794005a469c4b00/src/reqs.cnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com/tinyproxy/tinyproxy/issues/457nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com/tinyproxy/tinyproxy/issues/457nvd
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00035.htmlnvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-27nvd

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