CVE-2016-6830 Memory corruption in n/a
Buffer overflow in CHICKEN Scheme process execution allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments or environment variables.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-6830?
CVE-2016-6830 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Jan 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The "process-execute" and "process-spawn" procedures in CHICKEN Scheme used fixed-size buffers for holding the arguments and environment variables to use in its execve() call. This would allow user-supplied argument/environment variable lists to trigger a buffer overrun. This affects all releases of CHICKEN up to and including 4.11 (it will be fixed in 4.12 and 5.0, which are not yet released).
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6830?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Call-Cc Chicken.
How do I fix CVE-2016-6830?
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-2016-6830 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6830 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as CLEANSTART-2023-NZ21733, DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6830, GHSA-x8qm-7p8g-qf87, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6830.