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CVE-2012-2942

score
<0.1
cvss
5.1
epss
5.4%
published
2012-05-27
kev added
—
first seen

HAProxy before 1.4.21 contains a buffer overflow in the trash buffer of header capture functionality caused by setting global.tune.bufsize above default with header rewriting enabled, letting remote attackers cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code, exploit requires header rewriting to be enabled.

Timeline

How this CVE moved toward exploitation. Chart: last 30 days — trend score, EPSS, community mentions per day; hover the event lane.

events2012-05-27 — PublishedP2026-10-21 — Tracked by OnyxTscore2026-10-21: score <0.1<0.1epss2026-09-22: epss 5.4%2026-09-23: epss 5.4%2026-09-24: epss 5.4%2026-09-25: epss 5.4%2026-09-26: epss 5.4%2026-09-27: epss 5.4%2026-09-28: epss 5.4%2026-09-29: epss 5.4%2026-09-30: epss 5.4%2026-10-01: epss 5.4%2026-10-02: epss 5.4%2026-10-03: epss 5.4%2026-10-04: epss 5.4%2026-10-05: epss 5.4%2026-10-06: epss 5.4%2026-10-07: epss 5.4%2026-10-08: epss 5.4%2026-10-09: epss 5.4%2026-10-10: epss 5.4%2026-10-11: epss 5.4%2026-10-12: epss 5.4%2026-10-13: epss 5.4%2026-10-14: epss 5.4%2026-10-15: epss 5.4%2026-10-16: epss 5.4%2026-10-18: epss 5.4%2026-10-19: epss 5.4%2026-10-20: epss 5.4%2026-10-21: epss 5.4%5.4%mentions/day0no mentions in 30 days2026-09-22today
  1. Published
  2. Tracked by Onyx

Weaknesses

CWE-119

References 12