High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 10, 2017· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-6831
CVE-2016-6831
Description
The "process-execute" and "process-spawn" procedures did not free memory correctly when the execve() call failed, resulting in a memory leak. This could be abused by an attacker to cause resource exhaustion or a denial of service. This affects all releases of CHICKEN up to and including 4.11 (it will be fixed in 4.12 and 5.0, which are not yet released).
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
2- lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2016-08/msg00001.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92550nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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