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NVD Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2016-6830
Modified
More InfoOfficial Page
Source-secalert@redhat.com
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-10 Jan, 2017 | 15:59
Updated At-06 May, 2026 | 22:30

The "process-execute" and "process-spawn" procedures in CHICKEN Scheme used fixed-size buffers for holding the arguments and environment variables to use in its execve() call. This would allow user-supplied argument/environment variable lists to trigger a buffer overrun. 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).

CISA Catalog
Date AddedDue DateVulnerability NameRequired Action
N/A
Date Added: N/A
Due Date: N/A
Vulnerability Name: N/A
Required Action: N/A
Metrics
TypeVersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Primary3.09.8CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary2.07.5HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Type: Primary
Version: 3.0
Base score: 9.8
Base severity: CRITICAL
Vector:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Type: Primary
Version: 2.0
Base score: 7.5
Base severity: HIGH
Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CPE Matches

call-cc
call-cc
>>chicken>>Versions up to 4.11.0(inclusive)
cpe:2.3:a:call-cc:chicken:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Weaknesses
CWE IDTypeSource
CWE-119Primarynvd@nist.gov
CWE ID: CWE-119
Type: Primary
Source: nvd@nist.gov
Evaluator Description

Evaluator Impact

Evaluator Solution

Vendor Statements

References
HyperlinkSourceResource
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2016-08/msg00001.htmlsecalert@redhat.com
Patch
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92550secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
VDB Entry
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2016-08/msg00001.htmlaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92550af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
VDB Entry
Hyperlink: http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2016-08/msg00001.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Resource:
Patch
Vendor Advisory
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92550
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Resource:
Third Party Advisory
VDB Entry
Hyperlink: http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2016-08/msg00001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource:
Patch
Vendor Advisory
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92550
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource:
Third Party Advisory
VDB Entry
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