CVE-2013-4385

no score yetEPSS 3.4%

call-cc chicken: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 3.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

EPSS: 3.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 88% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-119
Published: 2013-10-09
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

call-cc:chicken

References

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-10/msg00000.html
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-09/msg00000.html
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-09/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/55009
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62690

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