CVE-2013-4385

high
Published 2013-10-09 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.5

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4385

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/55009

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-09/msg00000.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-10/msg00000.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed4.8.0.5-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.8.0.5-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.8.0.5-1
debian debiansidfixed4.8.0.5-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.8.0.5-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
call-ccchicken{"endIncluding":"4.8.0.4"}
call-ccchicken3.0.0
call-ccchicken3.1.0
call-ccchicken3.2.0
call-ccchicken3.3.0
call-ccchicken3.4.0
call-ccchicken4.0.0
call-ccchicken4.1.0
call-ccchicken4.2.0
call-ccchicken4.3.0
call-ccchicken4.4.0
call-ccchicken4.5.0
call-ccchicken4.6.0
call-ccchicken4.7.0
call-ccchicken4.7.0.6
call-ccchicken4.8.0
call-ccchicken4.8.0.1
call-ccchicken4.8.0.2
call-ccchicken4.8.0.3
call-ccchicken4.3.3
call-ccchicken4.3.4
call-ccchicken4.3.5
call-ccchicken4.3.6
call-ccchicken4.3.7
call-ccchicken4.4.3
call-ccchicken4.4.4
call-ccchicken4.4.5
call-ccchicken4.4.6
call-ccchicken4.5.2
call-ccchicken4.5.5
call-ccchicken4.5.6
call-ccchicken4.5.7
call-ccchicken4.6.1
call-ccchicken4.6.2
call-ccchicken4.6.3
call-ccchicken4.6.5
call-ccchicken4.6.6
call-ccchicken4.6.7
call-ccchicken4.7.2
call-ccchicken4.7.3
call-ccchicken4.7.4

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.