Use-after-free vulnerability in nginx before 1.0.14 and 1.1.x before 1.1.17 allows remote…
Priority LOW 36CWE-416Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in nginx before 1.0.14 and 1.1.x before 1.1.17 allows remote HTTP servers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted backend response, in conjunction with a client request.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.10579 95th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 5
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.1.0 to before 1.0.14; 1.1.0 to before 1.1.17 | Vulnerable | F5 |
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 15 | Vulnerable | Fedoraproject |
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 16 | Vulnerable | Fedoraproject |
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 17 | Vulnerable | Fedoraproject |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.0 | Vulnerable | Debian |
- cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.1.0 to before 1.0.14; 1.1.0 to before 1.1.17 Vulnerable ·F5
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 16 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-1180
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3rf9-jvj9-2299
References
Patch 6
- http://trac.nginx.org/nginx/changeset/4531/nginx
- [oss-security] 20120315 CVE Request: nginx fix for malformed HTTP responses from upstream servers
- http://nginx.org/en/security_advisories.html
- [oss-security] 20120315 Re: CVE Request: nginx fix for malformed HTTP responses from upstream servers
- http://nginx.org/download/patch.2012.memory.txt
- http://trac.nginx.org/nginx/changeset/4530/nginx
Advisory 9
Other 1
Sources
- CVE-2012-1180 · CVE Program
- CVE-2012-1180 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3rf9-jvj9-2299 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2012-1180 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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