When was CVE-2012-6122 disclosed?

CVE-2012-6122 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on October 31, 2019, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2012-6122 actively exploited?

CVE-2012-6122 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 83.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2012-6122?

CVE-2012-6122 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2012-6122?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2012-6122, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2012-6122

HIGHNVD 7.57.5—

7.5

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 v3: 7.5
EG Score: 7.5(medium)
EPSS: 83.1%
KEV: Not listed

References (16)

secalert@redhathttp://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-10/msg00000.html
secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2
secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/08/3
secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/09/1
secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6122
secalert@redhathttps://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-11/msg00075.html
secalert@redhathttps://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-users/2012-06/msg00031.html
secalert@redhathttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6122
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-10/msg00000.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/08/3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/09/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6122
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-11/msg00075.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-users/2012-06/msg00031.html

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