UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3776

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3776
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3776.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3776
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:02Z
Published
2014-05-20T14:55:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:32:00.983156Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Buffer overflow in the "read-u8vector!" procedure in the srfi-4 unit in CHICKEN stable 4.8.0.7 and development snapshots before 4.9.1 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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / chicken

Package

Name
chicken
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/chicken@4.9.0.1-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.9.0.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "chicken-bin",
            "binary_version": "4.9.0.1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "chicken-bin-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.9.0.1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libchicken-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.9.0.1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libchicken7",
            "binary_version": "4.9.0.1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libchicken7-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.9.0.1-1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3776.json"