{"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.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:42:33.421525Z","published":"2019-10-31T21:15:11Z","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"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}