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.
Published: 2016-04-07
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 28.6% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.34654}

epss

{'score': 0.22887}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:32:20.848Z

Reserved: 2016-02-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2563

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-04-07T23:59:07.657

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-2563

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