CVE-2012-6122
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 31, 2019 at 08:38 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:47 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsChickenCc Chicken
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
Buffer overflow in the thread scheduler in Chicken before 4.8.0.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by opening a file descriptor with a large integer value.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 4.8.0.1
Affected range stops below 4.8.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-10/msg00000.htmlx_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2x_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/08/3x_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/09/1x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6122x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-11/msg00075.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-users/2012-06/msg00031.htmlx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6122CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120
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