CVE-2013-4385 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2013-4385

Buffer overflow in the "read-string!" procedure in the "extras" unit...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

chicken
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 3.0.0, 3.1.0, 3.2.0, 3.3.0, 3.4.0, 4.0.0, 4.1.0, 4.2.0, 4.3.0, 4.4.0, 4.5.0, 4.6.0, 4.7.0, 4.7.0.6, 4.8.0, 4.8.0.1, 4.8.0.2, 4.8.0.3, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.3.5, 4.3.6, 4.3.7, 4.4.3, 4.4.4, 4.4.5, 4.4.6, 4.5.2, 4.5.5, 4.5.6, 4.5.7, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.6.3, 4.6.5, 4.6.6, 4.6.7, 4.7.2, 4.7.3, 4.7.4

Timeline

Official Publish: October 9th, 2013
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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