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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-2563

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…

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 34.2%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 34.2%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
34.22% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
9bis/kitty · simon tatham/putty
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.