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CVE-2012-0804
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…
High10.0EPSS 8.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.4% · top 5.0% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (15)
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0310 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 1026719 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 48150 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- cvs-proxyconnect-bo(73097) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:0321 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDVSA-2012:044 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 78987 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 48142 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-1371-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 47869 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-44 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=784141 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-2407 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 51943 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 48063 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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