Buffer overflow in Call-Cc Chicken
CVE-2013-4385
Buffer overflow in the "read-string!" procedure in the "extras" unit in CHICKEN stable before 4.8.0.5 and development snapshots before 4.8.3 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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.034 (88.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Call-Cc Chicken — versions 3.0.0, 3.1.0, 3.2.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/62690 (vdb-entry)
- lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-09/msg00001.html (mailing-list)
- lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-09/msg00000.html (mailing-list, Patch)
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-10/msg00000.html (mailing-list, Patch)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-54 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/55009 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)