CVE-2016-6831
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6831
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6831.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6831
- Downstream
- Published
- 2017-01-10T15:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:25Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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).
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