CVE-2012-6123
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 31, 2019 at 08:38 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:47 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxChickenCc Chicken
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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
Chicken before 4.8.0 does not properly handle NUL bytes in certain strings, which allows an attacker to conduct "poisoned NUL byte attack."
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 4.8.0
Affected range stops below 4.8.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 4.8.0
Affected range stops below 4.8.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6123x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6123CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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