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CVE-2012-6125
Chicken before 4.8.0 is susceptible to algorithmic complexity attacks related to hash table collisions.
Critical9.8EPSS 1.8%
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- redhat
Description
Chicken before 4.8.0 is susceptible to algorithmic complexity attacks related to hash table collisions.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 22% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
References (5)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6125 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6125 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-01/msg00002.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-01/msg00020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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