UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3776

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3776

    Published: 20 May 2014Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-3776

    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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3776, http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2014-05/msg00001.html, http://code.call-cc.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=chicken-core.git;a=commit;h=1d06ce7e21c7e903ca5dca11fda6fcf2cc52de5e, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3776

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: chicken

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.9.0.1-1

    Affected versions

    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