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CVE-2016-7406
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-03-03T16:59:00.387 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:53:00.300

Summary

Format string vulnerability in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) username or (2) host argument.

Affected products

dropbear_ssh_project — dropbear_ssh

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References

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