CVE-2016-7408

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The dbclient in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) -m or (2) -c argument.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-284

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92970Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376353Issue Tracking
https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/eed9376a4ad6Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-23Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92970Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376353Issue Tracking
https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/eed9376a4ad6Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-23Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Mar 3, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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