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.

CVSS v3.0 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-11/msg00075.html	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6122	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/08/3	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-users/2012-06/msg00031.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-10/msg00000.html	Mailing List Patch Release Notes Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/09/1	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6122	Broken Link

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:call-cc:chicken:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2019-10-31 14:15

Updated : 2019-11-05 08:30

NVD link : CVE-2012-6122

Mitre link : CVE-2012-6122

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CWE

CWE-120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

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Products Affected

call-cc

chicken

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