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    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. 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).

    Published:Jan 10, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Jan 10, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00536
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Call-cc
    Product
    Chicken

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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