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Status published
High
CVE-2022-40468
Potential leak of left-over heap data if custom error page...
Vulnerability Description
Potential leak of left-over heap data if custom error page templates containing special non-standard variables are used. Tinyproxy commit 84f203f and earlier use uninitialized buffers in process_request() function.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/tinyproxy/tinyproxy
- https://github.com/tinyproxy/tinyproxy/blob/84f203fb1c4733608c7283bbe794005a469c4b00/src/reqs.c#L346
- https://github.com/tinyproxy/tinyproxy/issues/457
- https://github.com/tinyproxy/tinyproxy/issues/457#issuecomment-1264176815
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-27
Affected Vendor
tinyproxy project
View all reports →Affected Software
tinyproxy
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 19th, 2022
Last Modified:
November 4th, 2025
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.