VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-9651
Buffer overflow in CHICKEN 4.9.0.x before 4.9.0.2, 4.9.x before 4.9.1, and before 5.0 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via a positive START argument to the "substring-index[-ci] procedures."
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.47%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in CHICKEN 4.9.0.x before 4.9.0.2, 4.9.x before 4.9.1, and before 5.0 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via a positive START argument to the "substring-index[-ci] procedures."
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.47% probability · 72th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- call-cc/chicken
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2014-12/msg00000.html
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-users/2015-01/msg00048.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72011
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-54
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2014-12/msg00000.html
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-users/2015-01/msg00048.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72011
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-54
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.