CVE-2012-6124

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

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6124Broken Link
• https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-02/msg00084.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6124Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6124Broken Link
• https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-02/msg00084.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6124Third Party Advisory

Published

Oct 31, 2019

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

• How Strix found a critical auth bypass in etcdStrix autonomously discovered a critical authentication bypass in etcd, later designated CVE-2026-33413.
• Autonomous PentestingAI agents that find and validate exploitable vulnerabilities like this one across your applications.
• PR ReviewsPentest every pull request so vulnerable code is caught before it ships to production.
• AI Penetration TestingHow AI-driven penetration testing continuously covers your attack surface.

• CVE-2012-6118The Administer tab in Aeolus Conductor allows remote authent…
• CVE-2012-6119Candlepin before 0.7.24, as used in Red Hat Subscription Ass…
• CVE-2012-6120Red Hat OpenStack Essex and Folsom creates the /var/log/pupp…
• CVE-2012-6121Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Roundcube Webmai…
• CVE-2012-6122Buffer overflow in the thread scheduler in Chicken before 4.…7.5
• CVE-2012-6123Chicken before 4.8.0 does not properly handle NUL bytes in c…6.5
• CVE-2012-6125Chicken before 4.8.0 is susceptible to algorithmic complexit…9.8
• CVE-2012-6126Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultI…
• CVE-2012-6127Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultID…
• CVE-2012-6128Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in http.c in OpenConne…
• CVE-2012-6129Stack-based buffer overflow in utp.cpp in libutp, as used in…
• CVE-2012-6130Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the history disp…