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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-4266 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:45:12.728Z

Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2013-4385

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-10-09T14:54:26.577

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-4385

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