CVE-2012-6125
Chicken before 4.8.0 is susceptible to algorithmic complexity attacks related to hash table collisions.
02 Description
Chicken before 4.8.0 is susceptible to algorithmic complexity attacks related to hash table collisions.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.77% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 78.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-10-31 20:38Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-12-06
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5f61481fa4a03cd14ec536d28251af1a2437be1fb4f64831431a98468ec2b19d
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2
- security-tracker.debian.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6125
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6125
- lists.nongnu.orghttps://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-01/msg00002.html
- lists.nongnu.orghttps://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-01/msg00020.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- chicken Fixed in 4.8.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- chicken Fixed in 4.8.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- chicken Fixed in 4.8.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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