CVE-2017-9334

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Published Jun 1, 2017 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

An incorrect "pair?" check in the Scheme "length" procedure results in an unsafe pointer dereference in all CHICKEN Scheme versions prior to 4.13, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by passing an improper list to an application that calls "length" on it.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:call-cc:chicken:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-18269	An incorrect "pair?" check in the Scheme "length" procedure results in an unsafe pointer dereference in all CHICKEN Scheme versions prior to 4.13, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by passing an improper list to an application that calls "length" on it.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.5% (1.549% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2017-05/msg00000.html
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2017-05/msg00099.html

History

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Subscriptions

Call-cc Chicken

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 5:02 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jun 1, 2017, 4:53 AM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 5:02 PM
Reserved: May 31, 2017, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:27 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 1, 2017, 5:29 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:27 AM

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