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
Published Oct 9, 2013
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.39%
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
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 4.8.0.4
- 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
Configuration 2
- ≤ 4.8.1
- 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
- 4.8.0
- 4.8.0
- 4.8.0
- 4.8.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.39% (0.03388) | 88.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.39% (0.03388) | 87.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.71% (0.02706) | 84.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 9.00% (0.08995) | 94.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 5, 2023 | 9.00% (0.08995) | 93.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 8.94% (0.08941) | 93.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.14% (0.05139) | 89.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.14% (0.05139) | 88.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.14% (0.05139) | 75.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (6)
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-10/msg00000.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-09/msg00000.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-09/msg00001.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55009 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62690 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-54 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-10/msg00000.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch | |
| http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-09/msg00000.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch | |
| http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-09/msg00001.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/55009 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62690 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-54 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
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