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TI-2025-24515 Aliases CVE-2025-34451GHSA-8qj4-vcg9-jq63

rofl0r/proxychains-ng <= 4.17 Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Priority MEDIUM 64CWE-121Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-121 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

rofl0r/proxychains-ng versions up to and including 4.17 and prior to commit cc005b7 contain a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the function proxy_from_string() located in src/libproxychains.c. When parsing crafted proxy configuration entries containing overly long username or password fields, the application may write beyond the bounds of fixed-size stack buffers, leading to memory corruption or crashes. This vulnerability may allow denial of service and, under certain conditions, could be leveraged for further exploitation depending on the execution environment and applied mitigations.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00266 18th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
rofl0rproxychains-ngup to 4.17—Patch availableCNA
  • proxychains-ng Vendorrofl0r Affected up to 4.17 Fixed in — Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:proxychains-ng_project:proxychains-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 4.17VulnerableProxychains-ng Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:proxychains-ng_project:proxychains-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 4.17 Vulnerable ·Proxychains-ng Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-34451
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8qj4-vcg9-jq63

References

  • TI-2015-03302 Untrusted search path vulnerability in ProxyChains-NG before 4.9 allows local users to… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8

Sources