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CVE-2016-8606

guile: REPL server vulnerable to HTTP inter-protocol attacks

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

8.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · October 11, 2016

Updated · May 7, 2026

Description

A vulnerability was found in guile's REPL server (--listen), making it vulnerable to HTTP inter-protocol attacks. A crafted website, when visited by a developer with an instance of the REPL server, could cause arbitrary code execution within the guile scheme interpreter.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 8.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS 2.0 · 5.1
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE not specified