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CVE-2016-2563

Putty pscp 0.66 - Stack Buffer Overwrite

Severity Score

9.8
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

Desbordamiento de buffer basado en pila en la utilidad comando-línea de SCP en PuTTY en versiones anteriores a 0.67 y KiTTY 0.66.6.3 y versiones anteriores permite a servidores remotos causar una denegación de servicio (corrupción de memoria de pila) o ejecutar código arbitrario a través de una respuesta de tamño de archivo SCP-SINK a una petición de descarga SCP.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2016-02-25 CVE Reserved
  • 2016-03-10 First Exploit
  • 2016-03-11 CVE Published
  • 2024-01-29 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
9bis
Search vendor "9bis"
Kitty
Search vendor "9bis" for product "Kitty"
<= 0.66.6.3
Search vendor "9bis" for product "Kitty" and version " <= 0.66.6.3"
-
Affected
Simon Tatham
Search vendor "Simon Tatham"
Putty
Search vendor "Simon Tatham" for product "Putty"
<= 0.66
Search vendor "Simon Tatham" for product "Putty" and version " <= 0.66"
-
Affected