CVE-2014-3776

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-3776
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-05-20 14:55:07 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the "read-u8vector!" procedure in the srfi-4 unit in CHICKEN stable 4.8.0.7 and development snapshots before 4.9.1 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Call-cc Chicken 4.8.0.7 All All All
Application Call-cc Chicken All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#1124 (make-input-port exposes memory corruption bug?) – CHICKEN Scheme af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.call-cc.org
[Chicken-announce] [SECURITY] Buffer-overrun in some uses of read-u8vect af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnu.org
oss-sec: CVE request for buffer overrun in CHICKEN Scheme af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
[Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] Bound read-u8vector! to dest vector's size whe af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnu.org
Chicken: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201612-54) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
CHICKEN 'read-u8vector!' Procedure Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
code.call-cc.org Git - chicken-core.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.call-cc.org
oss-sec: Re: CVE request for buffer overrun in CHICKEN Scheme af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
code.call-cc.org Git - chicken-core.git/commit MITRE code.call-cc.org
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