Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU35043

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 v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-6310

CWE-ID: CWE-120

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: call-cc.org
Debian

Affected software:
Chicken Scheme
Debian Linux

Detailed vulnerability description

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.

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