CVE-2012-2942

CVE Database · CVE-2012-2942

CVE-2012-2942

· N/AModified

CVSS v3.1

N/A

EPSS

5.41%

Published

May 27, 2012

Modified

Apr 28, 2026

Public PoC / Exploit

All weaponized →

No public PoC or exploit code indexed for this CVE.

Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.

Description

Buffer overflow in the trash buffer in the header capture functionality in HAProxy before 1.4.21, when global.tune.bufsize is set to a value greater than the default and header rewriting is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Products (1)

haproxy · haproxyvulnerable

References (20)

http://haproxy.1wt.eu/#news

http://haproxy.1wt.eu/download/1.4/src/CHANGELOG

http://haproxy.1wt.eu/git?p=haproxy-1.4.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=30297cb17147a8d339eb160226bcc08c91d9530b

http://secunia.com/advisories/49261

Vendor Advisory

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-02.xml

http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2711

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/12

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/15

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/28/1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53647

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1800-1

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