VulnerabilityModified
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.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.23%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.23%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.23% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- call-cc/chicken
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-10/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/08/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/09/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6122Broken Link
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-11/msg00075.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-users/2012-06/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6122Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-10/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/08/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/09/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6122Broken Link
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-11/msg00075.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-users/2012-06/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6122Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.