CVE-2014-3776
Buffer overflow in the "read-u8vector!" procedure in the srfi-4 unit in CHICKEN stable 4.8.0.7 and development snapshots before 4.9.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) and possibly execute…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.46%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in the "read-u8vector!" procedure in the srfi-4 unit in CHICKEN stable 4.8.0.7 and development snapshots before 4.9.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a "#f" value in the NUM argument.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.46% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- call-cc/chicken
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://code.call-cc.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=chicken-core.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1d06ce7e21c7e903ca5dca11fda6fcf2cc52de5e
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2014-05/msg00001.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2014-05/msg00032.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/328
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/334
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67468
- https://bugs.call-cc.org/ticket/1124
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-54
- http://code.call-cc.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=chicken-core.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1d06ce7e21c7e903ca5dca11fda6fcf2cc52de5e
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2014-05/msg00001.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2014-05/msg00032.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/328
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/334
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67468
- https://bugs.call-cc.org/ticket/1124
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-54
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.