CVE-2005-1857

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-09-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in simpleproxy before 3.4 allows remote malicious HTTP proxies to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a reply.

Affected products

Simpleproxy: 2.2b, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/16567/
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=604&release_id=351847
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-786
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/139421
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14666
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22016
http://secunia.com/advisories/16567/
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=604&release_id=351847
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-786
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/139421
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14666
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22016

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