CVE-2012-6122

Published: Oct 31, 2019Modified: Nov 21, 2024

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Call Cc: Chicken

Call Cc

1 product

Chicken

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Call Cc Chicken	Before 4.8.0.1

Related CWEs

CWE-120

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

The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

References (16)

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-10/msg00000.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing ListPatchRelease NotesThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/08/3

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/09/1

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6122

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-11/msg00075.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-users/2012-06/msg00031.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6122

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-10/msg00000.html