Security Advisory
CVE-2012-5580
7.5
Vulnerability 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.
Published Date
October 27, 2014
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory