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CVE-2016-7406
Format string vulnerability in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers…
Critical9.8EPSS 10.2%
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- mitre
Description
Format string vulnerability in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) username or (2) host argument.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.2% · top 4.3% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- GLSA-201702-23 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 92974 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160915 Re: CVE request for Dropbear SSH <2016.74 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376353 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/b66a483f3dcb (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Aug/35 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .