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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-26154

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.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:07 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-26154

core-osv · Original source

Published 30 Sept 2020, 18:15 UTC

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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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-26154",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2020-26154",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-26154",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
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      ],
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:55.499369484Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "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://github.com/libproxy/libproxy/pull/126",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00024.html",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4800",
        "https://bugs.debian.org/968366"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 384042,
  "published_at": "2020-09-30T18:15:27.163+00:00"
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