CVE-2017-11343 in scheme

Summary

Due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-6125, all versions of CHICKEN Scheme up to and including 4.12.0 are vulnerable to an algorithmic complexity attack. An attacker can provide crafted input which, when inserted into the symbol table, will result in O(n) lookup time.

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

• Reservation: 07/16/2017
• Disclosure: 07/17/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-407 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 6.4
• EPSS: 0.00351
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11343
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11343
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2017-11343/