{
  "modified": "2025-08-09T19:01:27Z",
  "published": "2014-10-27T22:55:09Z",
  "id": "CVE-2012-5580",
  "details": "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.",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=791086"
    },
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883100"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56712"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://code.google.com/p/libproxy/source/detail?r=475"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80340"
    }
  ]
}