CVE-2016-2563

Published Apr 7, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 32.8% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.34654}

epss

{'score': 0.22887}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 11:32 PM
Reserved
Feb 25, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 7, 2016, 11:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:44 AM