#VU40661 Buffer overflow in Chicken Scheme - CVE-2014-9651 

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#VU40661 Buffer overflow in Chicken Scheme - CVE-2014-9651

Published: August 29, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40661
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9651
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Chicken Scheme
Software vendor:
call-cc.org

Description

The 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."


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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