rofl0r/proxychains-ng <= 4.17 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
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
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rofl0r | proxychains-ng | up to 4.17 | — | Patch available | CNA |
- proxychains-ng Vendorrofl0r Affected up to 4.17 Fixed in — Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:proxychains-ng_project:proxychains-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 4.17 | Vulnerable | Proxychains-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
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-34451
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8qj4-vcg9-jq63
References
More Proxychains-ng Project Proxychains-ng vulnerabilities
- TI-2015-03302 Untrusted search path vulnerability in ProxyChains-NG before 4.9 allows local users to… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-34451 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-34451 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8qj4-vcg9-jq63 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-34451 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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