{"cve":"CVE-2012-6122","nvd":{"published":"2019-10-31T21:15:11.763","modified":"2026-06-16T23:47:52.003","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-120"],"references":["http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-10/msg00000.html","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/08/3","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/09/1","https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6122"],"products":["call-cc:chicken"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:59:25.448946135+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-6122","score":0.02252,"percentile":0.82913,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}