An issue was discovered in CHICKEN Scheme through 4.12.0
Published Mar 16, 2017
8.1
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.47%
Description
An issue was discovered in CHICKEN Scheme through 4.12.0. When using a nonstandard CHICKEN-specific extension to allocate an SRFI-4 vector in unmanaged memory, the vector size would be used in unsanitised form as an argument to malloc(). With an unexpected size, the impact may have been a segfault or buffer overflow.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/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
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.47% (0.01467) | 72.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.47% (0.01467) | 72.55th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.24% (0.00244) | 64.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.24% (0.00244) | 63.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.24% (0.00244) | 60.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 17.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (2)
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2017-03/msg00000.html x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97317 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2017-03/msg00000.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97317 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
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