CVE-2012-6122
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.8%
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.
How to fix CVE-2012-6122
To remediate CVE-2012-6122, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/chicken—upgrade to 4.8.0.3-1 or later
Is CVE-2012-6122 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.8.0.3-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |