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CVE-2016-2563

critical · 9.8

Stack-based buffer overflow in the SCP command-line utility in PuTTY before 0.67 and KiTTY 0.66.6.3 and earlier allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted SCP-SINK file-size response to an SCP download request.

9.8
CVSS
34.2%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
98th
EPSS percentile
2016-04-07
Published

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
9biskitty<= 0.66.6.3
simon_tathamputty<= 0.66

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References

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curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2016-2563