CVE-2012-6124 in CHICKEN

Summary

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)."

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• Reservation: 12/06/2012
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-338 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 6.3
• EPSS: 0.00420
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6124
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6124
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2012-6124/