Buffer overflow in Call-Cc Chicken
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.022 (82.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Call-Cc Chicken
- Chicken — versions 4.8.0.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6122 (Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6122 (Broken Link)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-10/msg00000.html (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/08/3 (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/09/1 (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-users/2012-06/msg00031.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-11/msg00075.html (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-6122?
- CVE-2012-6122 is a high-severity vulnerability in Call-Cc Chicken, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-10-31.
- How severe is CVE-2012-6122?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.