CVE-2013-4385

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-10-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

chicken: through 4.8.0.4; through 4.8.1; 3.0.0, 3.1.0, 3.2.0, 3.3.0, 3.4.0, 4.0.0 (+38)

References

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://secunia.com/advisories/55009
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62690
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://secunia.com/advisories/55009
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62690
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-54

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