High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 31, 2019· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-6122
CVE-2012-6122
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.
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References
8- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-10/msg00000.htmlnvdMailing ListPatchRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/08/3nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/09/1nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-11/msg00075.htmlnvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-users/2012-06/msg00031.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6122nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6122nvdBroken Link
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