VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-7408
The dbclient in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) -m or (2) -c argument.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 4.26%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.26%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The dbclient in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) -m or (2) -c argument.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.26% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- dropbear ssh project/dropbear ssh
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 4.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. 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, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92970Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376353Issue Tracking
- https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/eed9376a4ad6Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-23Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92970Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376353Issue Tracking
- https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/eed9376a4ad6Issue 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.