UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4556

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4556
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4556.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4556
Upstream
Published
2017-03-29T14:59:00Z
Modified
2026-04-22T10:11:49.087296Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The string-translate* procedure in the data-structures unit in CHICKEN before 4.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).

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

Affected versions

4.*
4.9.0.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "chicken-bin",
            "binary_version": "4.9.0.1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libchicken7",
            "binary_version": "4.9.0.1-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4556.json"