CVE-2020-26154
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 3.6% (pctl 89)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
url.cpp in libproxy through 0.4.15 is prone to a buffer overflow when PAC is enabled, as demonstrated by a large PAC file that is delivered without a Content-length header.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.56% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-120 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2020-09-30 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (4)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| fedoraproject | fedora |
| libproxy project | libproxy |
| opensuse | leap |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00030.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00033.html
- https://bugs.debian.org/968366
- https://github.com/libproxy/libproxy/pull/126
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00024.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3BID3HVHAF6DA3YJOFDBSAZSMR3ODNIW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WZVZXTFMFTSML3J6OOCDBDYH474BRJSW/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4800
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00030.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00033.html
- https://bugs.debian.org/968366
- https://github.com/libproxy/libproxy/pull/126
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00024.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3BID3HVHAF6DA3YJOFDBSAZSMR3ODNIW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WZVZXTFMFTSML3J6OOCDBDYH474BRJSW/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4800
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