Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2014-9651 |
CWE-ID | CWE-119 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Chicken Scheme Universal components / Libraries / Software for developers |
Vendor | call-cc.org |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU40661
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9651
CWE-ID:
CWE-119 - Memory corruption
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
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."
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsChicken Scheme: 4.9.0 - 4.10.0
External linkshttp://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2014-12/msg00000.html
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-users/2015-01/msg00048.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72011
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-54
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.