CVE-2016-6831

The "process-execute" and "process-spawn" procedures did not free memory correctly when the execve() call failed, resulting in a memory leak

published January 10, 2017

CVSS
—
EPSS
2%
Percentile
77.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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).

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01765 · 77.7th percentile
Published
2017-01-10T15:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 JAN 15:00Z
    The "process-execute" and "process-spawn" procedures did not free memory correctly when the execve() call failed, resulting in a memory leak
    cvelistv5