CVE-2016-2563

critical

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.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-01

https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-2563

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035257

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84296

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-pscp-sink-sscanf.html

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/22

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00131.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-04-07

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical