CVE-2017-9334
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 1, 2017 at 04:53 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:27 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorChicken
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (2)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2017-05/msg00000.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2017-05/msg00099.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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