Critical
Security advisory
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.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-26154
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 11:07 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:CVE-2020-26154
Complete source record
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