CVE-2012-6122

7.5 highEPSS 2.3%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

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

EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 82% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-120
Published: 2019-10-31
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

call-cc:chicken

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

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