VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2016-6831
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.76%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-01-10
Last modified2026-06-17
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 wil... .