{
  "modified": "2025-08-09T19:01:27Z",
  "published": "2019-10-31T21:15:11Z",
  "id": "CVE-2012-6122",
  "details": "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": [
    {
      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-10/msg00000.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/08/3"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/09/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-11/msg00075.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-users/2012-06/msg00031.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6122"
    },
    {
      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-10/msg00000.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2"
    },
    {
      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/08/3"
    },
    {
      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/09/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-11/msg00075.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-users/2012-06/msg00031.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-10/msg00000.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/08/3"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/09/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-11/msg00075.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6122"
    }
  ]
}