CVE-2017-6949
"CHICKEN Scheme Unsanitized Memory Allocation Vulnerability"
Description
An issue was discovered in CHICKEN Scheme through 4.12.0. When using a nonstandard CHICKEN-specific extension to allocate an SRFI-4 vector in unmanaged memory, the vector size would be used in unsanitised form as an argument to malloc(). With an unexpected size, the impact may have been a segfault or buffer overflow.
INFO
Published Date :
March 16, 2017, 5:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 5, 2017, 1:59 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
2.2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2017-6949.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2017-03/msg00000.html | Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97317 |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 05, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97317 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 24, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2017-03/msg00000.html No Types Assigned http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2017-03/msg00000.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-119 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:call-cc:chicken:4.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-6949 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-6949
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.24 }} 0.00%
score
0.60546
percentile