Out-of-Bounds Affecting chicken package, versions <4.8.0.5-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
9% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-CHICKEN-529936
  • published9 Oct 2013
  • disclosed9 Oct 2013

Introduced: 9 Oct 2013

CVE-2013-4385  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 chicken to version 4.8.0.5-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream chicken package and not the chicken package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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