CVE-2012-0804

critical

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the proxy_connect function in src/client.c in CVS 1.11 and 1.12 allows remote HTTP proxy servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTTP response.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-44

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73097

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2012-0832

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=784141

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026719

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51943

http://www.osvdb.org/78987

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:044

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2407

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1371-1

http://secunia.com/advisories/48150

http://secunia.com/advisories/48142

http://secunia.com/advisories/48063

http://secunia.com/advisories/47869

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0321.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-02/msg00064.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-05-29

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H