CVE-2014-9651 Memory corruption in n/a
Attackers can trigger a buffer overflow in CHICKEN Scheme via crafted substring arguments, potentially leading to code execution or crashes.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Not stated
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-9651?
CVE-2014-9651 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Aug 2015.
Official description
Buffer overflow in CHICKEN 4.9.0.x before 4.9.0.2, 4.9.x before 4.9.1, and before 5.0 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via a positive START argument to the "substring-index[-ci] procedures."
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9651?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Call-Cc Chicken.
How do I fix CVE-2014-9651?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2014-9651 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9651 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9651, GHSA-g3x6-wqp3-hmmm, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9651.