CVE-2019-12521

MEDIUM

Squid < 3.5.28 - Out-of-Bounds Write

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in Squid through 4.7. When Squid is parsing ESI, it keeps the ESI elements in ESIContext. ESIContext contains a buffer for holding a stack of ESIElements. When a new ESIElement is parsed, it is added via addStackElement. addStackElement has a check for the number of elements in this buffer, but it's off by 1, leading to a Heap Overflow of 1 element. The overflow is within the same structure so it can't affect adjacent memory blocks, and thus just leads to a crash while processing.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0056
EPSS Percentile 68.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-193 CWE-787
Status published
Products (8)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 19.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 20.04
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
opensuse/leap 15.1
squid-cache/squid 3.0 - 3.5.28
Published Apr 15, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026