Buffer overflow in Chicken Scheme and Debian Linux - CVE-2014-6310

 

Buffer overflow in Chicken Scheme and Debian Linux - CVE-2014-6310

Published: November 22, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU35043
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-6310
CWE-ID: CWE-120
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Buffer overflow in CHICKEN 4.9.0 and 4.9.0.1 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the 'select' function.


Affected software

Chicken Scheme
Debian Linux

How to mitigate CVE-2014-6310

Install update from vendor's website.


External References

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