#VU42481 Buffer overflow in Chicken Scheme - CVE-2013-4385 

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#VU42481 Buffer overflow in Chicken Scheme - CVE-2013-4385

Published: October 9, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42481
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-2013-4385
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 the "read-string!" procedure in the "extras" unit in CHICKEN stable before 4.8.0.5 and development snapshots before 4.8.3 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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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