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CVE-2014-3776
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…
High7.5EPSS 4.5%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.5% · top 8.5% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (8)
- 67468 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [Chicken-hackers] 20140517 [PATCH] Bound read-u8vector! to dest vector's size when no length is given (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugs.call-cc.org/ticket/1124 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140519 Re: CVE request for buffer overrun in CHICKEN Scheme (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://code.call-cc.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=chicken-core.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1d06ce7e21c7e903ca5dca11fda6fcf2cc52de5e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201612-54 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140518 CVE request for buffer overrun in CHICKEN Scheme (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [chicken-announce] 20140518 [SECURITY] Buffer-overrun in some uses of read-u8vect (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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