CVE-2012-6123 : Chicken before 4.8.0 does not properly handle NUL bytes in certain strings, whic

Chicken before 4.8.0 does not properly handle NUL bytes in certain strings, which allows an attacker to conduct "poisoned NUL byte attack."

Published 2019-10-31 21:15:12

Updated 2020-08-18 15:05:58

Source Red Hat, Inc.

View at NVD, CVE.org

Vulnerability category: Input validation

Products affected by CVE-2012-6123

Debian » Debian Linux » Version: 8.0
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Debian » Debian Linux » Version: 9.0
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Debian » Debian Linux » Version: 10.0
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Call-cc » Chicken
Versions before (<) 4.8.0
cpe:2.3:a:call-cc:chicken:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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EPSS FAQ

0.27%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 67 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
5.0	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N	10.0	2.9	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: None Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: None
6.5	MEDIUM	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N	2.8	3.6	NIST
Attack Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: None User Interaction: Required Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: None Integrity: High Availability: None

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

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