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CVE-2016-2563
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-04-07T23:59:07.657 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:44:18.253

Summary

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.

Affected products

9bis — kitty

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References

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