CVE-2014-3776

CHICKEN < 4.9.0 - Buffer Overflow in srfi-4 read-u8vector! Procedure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67468
Various Sources mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2014-05/msg00032.html
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.call-cc.org/ticket/1124
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/334
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-54
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/328
Various Sources mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2014-05/msg00001.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0446
EPSS Percentile 90.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (2)
call-cc/chicken 4.8.0.7
call-cc/chicken < 4.9.0
Published May 20, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026