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CVE-2012-6122

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Date: October 31, 2019

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.

Language: SCHEME

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Related Resources (11)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6122
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/08/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/09/1
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6122
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6122
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-11/msg00075.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-10/msg00000.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-6122
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-users/2012-06/msg00031.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-6122

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Weakness Type (CWE)

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

CWE-120

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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