CVE-2013-4385

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductCall-cc Chicken
PublishedOct 9, 2013
First seenOct 9, 2013

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
call-cc chickenv ≤ 4.8.0.4, 3.0.0, 3.1.0, 3.2.0, 3.3.0, 3.4.0, 4.0.0, 4.1.0, 4.2.0, 4.3.0, 4.4.0, 4.5.0, 4.6.0, 4.7.0, 4.7.0.6, 4.8.0, 4.8.0.1, 4.8.0.2, 4.8.0.3, v ≤ 4.8.1, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.3.5, 4.3.6, 4.3.7, 4.4.3, 4.4.4, 4.4.5, 4.4.6, 4.5.2, 4.5.5, 4.5.6, 4.5.7, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.6.3, 4.6.5, 4.6.6, 4.6.7, 4.7.2, 4.7.3, 4.7.4—

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