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CVE-2012-5580

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 3.13%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2014-10-27 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2012-5580
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.13%

Original NVD 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.