{"id":"CLEANSTART-2023-EI38317","summary":"\"process-execute\" and \"process-spawn\" procedures did not free memory correctly when the execve() call failed, resulting in a memory leak","details":"Security vulnerability affects the chicken package. The \"process-execute\" and \"process-spawn\" procedures did not free memory correctly when the execve() call failed, resulting in a memory leak.","modified":"2026-10-01T00:45:08.922888155Z","published":"2026-09-30T19:16:03.521829Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-6831"],"database_specific":{},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/cleanstart-dev/cleanstart-security-advisories/tree/main/advisories/2023/CLEANSTART-2023-EI38317.json"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6831"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6831"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"chicken","ecosystem":"CleanStart"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.11.1-r0"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/cleanstart-dev/cleanstart-security-advisories/blob/main/advisories/2023/CLEANSTART-2023-EI38317.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}