# CVE-2012-5332: Null dereference in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash the reverse proxy application by sending a long string in an HTTP header field, causing a denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Oct 2012
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-683m-h8mg-5rmc

## What is CVE-2012-5332?

CVE-2012-5332 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Oct 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

at32 Reverse Proxy 1.060.310 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a long string in an HTTP header field, as demonstrated using the If-Unmodified-Since field.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5332?

It affects 1 product.


Products: At32 Reverse Proxy.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-5332?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-5332 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-5332 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5332 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-5332 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-5332 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Oct 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5332 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5332/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5332/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5332
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5332
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-5332

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