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CVE-2016-2563

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 34.22% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-04-07 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Its EPSS score suggests a 34.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2016-2563
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
34.22%

Original NVD 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.