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CVE-2017-6949

8.1 · HIGH

An issue was discovered in CHICKEN Scheme through 4.12.0.

Published Mar 16, 2017CWE-119EPSS 1.48%

Overview

CVE-2017-6949 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on March 16, 2017 and has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 8.1 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 8.1, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

An issue was discovered in CHICKEN Scheme through 4.12.0. When using a nonstandard CHICKEN-specific extension to allocate an SRFI-4 vector in unmanaged memory, the vector size would be used in unsanitised form as an argument to malloc(). With an unexpected size, the impact may have been a segfault or buffer overflow.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Reflists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2017-03/msg00000.htmlRefwww.securityfocus.com/bid/97317Reflists.gnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2017-03/msg00000.htmlRefwww.securityfocus.com/bid/97317

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6949?

CVE-2017-6949 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on March 16, 2017 and has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 8.1 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2017-6949?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 8.1, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2017-6949?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2017-6949?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2017-6949 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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