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An incorrect "pair?" check in the Scheme "length" procedure results in an unsafe pointer dereference in all CHICKEN Scheme versions prior to 4.13, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by passing an improper list to an application that calls "length" on it

Published Jun 1, 2017

Description

An incorrect "pair?" check in the Scheme "length" procedure results in an unsafe pointer dereference in all CHICKEN Scheme versions prior to 4.13, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by passing an improper list to an application that calls "length" on it.

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Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (2)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 1, 2017
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved May 31, 2017
Link CVE-2017-9334
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Link CVE-2017-9334
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2017-9334