CVE-2016-6831

Published: Jan 10, 2017Modified: May 6, 2026

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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 (1)

Products: Call Cc: Chicken

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Call Cc Chicken	Up to 4.11.0

Related CWEs

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

References (4)

http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2016-08/msg00001.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92550

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2016-08/msg00001.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92550

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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