CVE-2016-10708

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 13
Modified
Published: 21 Jan 2018, 22:00
Last modified:29 Apr 2026, 14:33

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
3.12% LOW
3% probability -0.63%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

21 Jan 2018, 22:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
29 Apr 2026, 14:33
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an out-of-sequence NEWKEYS message, as demonstrated by Honggfuzz, related to kex.c and packet.c.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 3.12%• Percentile: 87%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-476•NULL Pointer Dereference

    The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    7.0 | 8.0

  • netapp•cloud_backup

    na

  • netapp•clustered_data_ontap

    na

  • netapp•data_ontap

    na

  • netapp•data_ontap_edge

    na

  • netapp•oncommand_unified_manager

    ≥ 9.4

  • netapp•service_processor

    na

  • netapp•storagegrid

    na

  • netapp•storagegrid_webscale

    na

  • netapp•vasa_provider

    na

  • openbsd•openssh

    < 7.4

References (11)