CVE-2016-7406
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.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.2%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- 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
- 10.22% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- dropbear ssh project/dropbear ssh
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 10.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92974Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376353Issue Tracking
- https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/b66a483f3dcbIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-23Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Aug/35
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92974Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376353Issue Tracking
- https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/b66a483f3dcbIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-23Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.