CVE catalog
CVE-2014-3776
chicken: CVE-2014-3776
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 4.50% · Oct 25, 2026
Buffer overflow in the "read-u8vector!" procedure in the srfi-4 unit in CHICKEN stable 4.8.0.7 and development snapshots before 4.9.1 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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | chicken | sid | 5.3.0-2 | fixed |
| Debian | chicken | forky | 5.3.0-2 | fixed |
| Debian | chicken | trixie | 5.3.0-2 | fixed |
| Debian | chicken | bookworm | 5.3.0-1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | chicken | source | sid | 4.9.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [748904] |
| Debian | chicken | source | forky | 4.9.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [748904] |
| Debian | chicken | source | trixie | 4.9.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [748904] |
| Debian | chicken | source | bookworm | 4.9.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [748904] |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [chicken-bin]Fixed
Source package: [chicken]
Details (2)
5.3.0-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.9.0-1dsa · chicken · debian · bookworm; dsa · chicken · debian · 12
5.3.0-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.9.0-1dsa · chicken · debian · bookworm; dsa · chicken · debian · 12
- [libchicken11]Fixed
Source package: [chicken]
Details (2)
5.3.0-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.9.0-1dsa · chicken · debian · bookworm; dsa · chicken · debian · 12
5.3.0-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.9.0-1dsa · chicken · debian · bookworm; dsa · chicken · debian · 12
- [libchicken-dev]Fixed
Source package: [chicken]
Details (2)
5.3.0-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.9.0-1dsa · chicken · debian · bookworm; dsa · chicken · debian · 12
5.3.0-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.9.0-1dsa · chicken · debian · bookworm; dsa · chicken · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [chicken-bin]Fixed
Source package: [chicken]
Details (2)
5.3.0-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.9.0-1dsa · chicken · debian · 13
5.3.0-2+b1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.9.0-1dsa · chicken · debian · 13
- [libchicken11t64]Fixed
Source package: [chicken]
Details (2)
5.3.0-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.9.0-1dsa · chicken · debian · 13
5.3.0-2+b1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.9.0-1dsa · chicken · debian · 13
- [libchicken-dev]Fixed
Source package: [chicken]
Details (2)
5.3.0-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.9.0-1dsa · chicken · debian · 13
5.3.0-2+b1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.9.0-1dsa · chicken · debian · 13
Observed: