Vulnerability in Libproxy_project Libproxy
CVE-2020-25219
url::recvline in url.cpp in libproxy 0.4.x through 0.4.15 allows a remote HTTP server to trigger uncontrolled recursion via a response composed of an infinite stream that lacks a newline character. This leads to stack exhaustion.
EPSS: 0.043 (90.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Libproxy_project Libproxy
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 16.04, 18.04, 20.04
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0, 10.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 31, 32, 33
- Opensuse Leap — versions 15.1, 15.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-25219?
- CVE-2020-25219 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libproxy_project Libproxy, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-09-09.
- How severe is CVE-2020-25219?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-25219 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.