ubuntu-cve-2013-4385
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2013-10-09 14:54
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
high
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "chicken-bin",
            "binary_version": "4.8.0.5-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libchicken6",
            "binary_version": "4.8.0.5-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "chicken",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/chicken@4.8.0.5-1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.8.0.5-1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "4.8.0.3-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4385",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:39Z",
  "published": "2013-10-09T14:54:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4385"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://code.call-cc.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=chicken-core.git;a=commit;h=cd1b9775005ebe220ba11265dbf5396142e65f26"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/26/7"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-09/msg00000.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4385"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "high",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2013-4385"
  ]
}



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