{"cve":"CVE-2012-2942","nvd":{"published":"2012-05-27T20:55:05.017","modified":"2026-06-16T23:42:23.923","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["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","http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-02.xml"],"products":["haproxy:haproxy"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:24:00.973572543+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-2942","score":0.05353,"percentile":0.92638,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}