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...
- Published
- Apr 7, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Mar 10, 2016
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HModerate · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 98.4%
- Model date
- Oct 13, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
- pubPoC
Vulnerability Notes, PoC Exploits and Write-Ups for security issues disclosed by tintinweb
tintinweb · multiple · Mar 10, 2016
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