CVE-2022-40468 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Tinyproxy versions up to and including commit 84f203f, where uninitialized buffers in the process_request() function can lead to a potential leak of heap data. This flaw occurs if custom error page templates containing specific non-standard variables are utilized. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to a high impact on confidentiality. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.11.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tinyproxy_project:tinyproxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.