7.5
CVE-2012-6122
- EPSS 2.13%
- Published 31.10.2019 21:15:11
- Last modified 21.11.2024 01:45:52
- Source secalert@redhat.com
- CVE-Watchlists
- Open
LoginBuffer 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.
| Type | Source | Score | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPSS | FIRST.org | 2.13% | 0.826 |
| Source | Base Score | Exploit Score | Impact Score | Vector string |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nvd@nist.gov | 7.5 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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| nvd@nist.gov | 5 | 10 | 2.9 |
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.