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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: 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.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:07 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-25219

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 Sept 2020, 21:15 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2020-25219
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:53.153022898Z",
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      "references": [
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CNID6EZVOVH7EZB7KFU2EON54CFDIVUR/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JF5JSONJNO64ARWRVOS6K6HSIPHEF3H2/",
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        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00012.html",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
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