# CVE-2014-3776: 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-05-20 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67468
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2014-05/msg00032.html
- https://bugs.call-cc.org/ticket/1124
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/334
- http://code.call-cc.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=chicken-core.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1d06ce7e21c7e903ca5dca11fda6fcf2cc52de5e
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-54
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/328
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2014-05/msg00001.html

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