Is CVE-2012-6124 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-6124 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-6124?

CVE-2012-6124 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-6124?

CVE-2012-6124 has an EPSS score of 1.25% (66th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2012-6124?

Upgrade chicken on debian 11 to 4.8.0-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-6124

MEDIUM

5.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A casting error in Chicken before 4.8.0 on 64-bit platform caused the random number generator to return a constant value. NOTE: the vendor states "This function wasn't used for security purposes (and is advertised as being unsuitable)."

CWE-338

How to fix

Remediation Available

chickenDebian

Fixed in:4.8.0-1CVE-2012-6124

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.25%probability of exploitation in 30 days

66thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 66% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Third-Party Advisory1

security-tracker.debian.org

Other references1

access.redhat.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-338 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2008-0166	High	7.5	71%	-	Fix
CVE-2009-2367	Critical	9.8	23%	-	-
CVE-2024-29868	Critical	9.1	6.0%	-	-
CVE-2024-31497	Medium	5.9	5.8%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-43799	High	8.6	5.4%	-	Fix
CVE-2008-3280	Medium	5.9	4.0%	-	-

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