CVE-2013-4385

critical

Description

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.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-54

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62690

http://secunia.com/advisories/55009

http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-09/msg00001.html

http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-09/msg00000.html

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-10/msg00000.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-10-09

Updated: 2017-07-01

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical