High severity · published Mar 29, 2017
CVE-2015-4556
The string-translate* procedure in the data-structures unit in CHICKEN before 4.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash)
7.5
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The string-translate* procedure in the data-structures unit in CHICKEN before 4.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CH
Chicken · Call-cc
through 4.9.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4556
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4556
Patch
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2015-06/msg00010.html
Patch
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2015-06/msg00037.html
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/712
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97293
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231871
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-54
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