TI-2015-00932 Aliases CVE-2015-1030 GHSA-mw79-95c5-8ph4

Memory leak in the rfc2553_connect_to function in jbsocket.c in Privoxy before 3.0.22…

LOW 27CWE-399Published 2015-01-20 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · Partial
Fix status: Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Memory leak in the rfc2553_connect_to function in jbsocket.c in Privoxy before 3.0.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of requests that are rejected because the socket limit is reached.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02427 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

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 · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:privoxy:privoxy::::::::	up to 3.0.21	Vulnerable	Privoxy

cpe:2.3:a:privoxy:privoxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.0.21 Vulnerable ·Privoxy

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-1030
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mw79-95c5-8ph4

References

Patch 1

http://www.privoxy.org/announce.txt

Other 1

[oss-security] 20150110 Re: CVE Request for Privoxy Version: 3.0.22

TI-2016-01816 The client_host function in parsers.c in Privoxy before 3.0.24 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2016-01815 The remove_chunked_transfer_coding function in filters.c in Privoxy before 3.0.24 allows… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2021-03567 Memory corruption in privoxy CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2021-03566 Memory corruption in privoxy CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2021-03565 NULL pointer dereference in privoxy CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2021-03564 Improper input validation in privoxy CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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