Unscored severity · published Oct 9, 2013
CVE-2013-4385
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…
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CVSS
3.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.4% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CH
Chicken · Call-cc
through 4.8.0.4; 3.0.0; 3.1.0; 3.2.0; 3.3.0; 3.4.0; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4385
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4385
Patch
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-10/msg00000.html
Patch
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-09/msg00000.html
lists.nongnu.org
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-09/msg00001.html
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55009
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62690
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-54
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