CVE-2013-4385

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    CVE-2013-4385

    Published: 9 Oct 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://secunia.com/advisories/55009, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-54, http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-10/msg00000.html, http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-09/msg00000.html, http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-09/msg00001.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62690

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High