CVE-2012-6123

MEDIUM

Chicken < 4.8.0 - Improper Input Validation via NUL Byte Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6123
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0127
EPSS Percentile 66.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (4)
call-cc/chicken < 4.8.0
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
Published Oct 31, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026