High severity · published Oct 31, 2019
CVE-2012-6122
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
7.5
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.3% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CH
Chicken · Call-cc
before 4.8.0.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6122
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6122
Mailing List
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-10/msg00000.html
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/08/3
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/09/1
Broken Link
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6122
Mailing List
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-11/msg00075.html
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