CVE-2016-2563 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
9bis	Kitty
Simon Tatham	Putty

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:9bis:kitty::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:simon_tatham:putty::::::::

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00131.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/22
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-pscp-sink-sscanf.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84296
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035257
https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-2563
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-01

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-04-07T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:32:20.848Z

Reserved: 2016-02-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-2563

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-04-07T23:59:07.657

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-2563

Redhat

No data.

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