CVE-2014-3776

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    CVE-2014-3776

    Published: 20 May 2014Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in the "read-u8vector!" procedure in the srfi-4 unit in CHICKEN stable 4.8.0.7 and development snapshots before 4.9.1 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: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-54, http://code.call-cc.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=chicken-core.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1d06ce7e21c7e903ca5dca11fda6fcf2cc52de5e, http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2014-05/msg00001.html, http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2014-05/msg00032.html, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/328, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/334, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67468, https://bugs.call-cc.org/ticket/1124

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Low
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    Availability
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    High