CVE-2014-9651

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201612-54

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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."

Vulnerabilidad de desbordamiento de Buffer en CHICKEN 4.9.0.x en versiones anteriores a 4.9.0.2, 4.9.x en versiones anteriores a 4.9.1 y en versiones anteriores a 5.0, permite a atacantes tener un impacto no especificado a través de un argumento START positivo a 'substring-index[-ci] procedures'.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Chicken, the worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. Versions less than 4.10.0-r1 are affected.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-01-28 CVE Reserved
2015-08-28 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2014-12/msg00000.html	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72011	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-users/2015-01/msg00048.html	2017-07-01
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-54	2017-07-01

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Call-cc Search vendor "Call-cc"		Chicken Search vendor "Call-cc" for product "Chicken"				4.9.0 Search vendor "Call-cc" for product "Chicken" and version "4.9.0"		-		Affected
Call-cc Search vendor "Call-cc"		Chicken Search vendor "Call-cc" for product "Chicken"				4.9.0.1 Search vendor "Call-cc" for product "Chicken" and version "4.9.0.1"		-		Affected
Call-cc Search vendor "Call-cc"		Chicken Search vendor "Call-cc" for product "Chicken"				4.10.0 Search vendor "Call-cc" for product "Chicken" and version "4.10.0"		-		Affected