CVE-2016-10708: canonical ubuntu_linux NULL Pointer Dereference
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-10708 is a high (CVSS 7.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 15.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 16% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 5Timeline
- 21-01-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 29-04-2026Last modifiedVulnerability 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
7 scores · 4 sources · 3 versions- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
15.72%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
97%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 15.72% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Suse16 products
- openssh-askpass-gnome&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 4< 7.2p2-74.25.1
- openssh-askpass-gnome&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3< 7.2p2-74.19.1
- openssh-askpass-gnome&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL< 7.2p2-74.25.1
- openssh-askpass-gnome&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS< 7.2p2-74.25.1
- openssh-askpass-gnome&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3< 7.2p2-74.19.1
Netapp9 products
- cloud_backupna
- clustered_data_ontapna
- data_ontapna
- data_ontap_edgena
- oncommand_unified_manager≥ 9.4 (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
- openssh< 1:7.4p1-1 | < 1:6.0p1-4+deb7u7
- debian_linuxEOL7.0 | 8.0
Canonical1 product
- ubuntu_linuxEOL14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04
Openbsd1 product
- openssh< 7.4
Ubuntu1 product
- openssh< 1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.11 | < 1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.6
6 vendors · 30 products
References
20 links
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00031.htmlMailing ListX Refsource MLISTThird Party Advisory- anongit.mindrot.org/openssh.git/commit/?id=28652bca29046f62c7045e933e6b931de1d16737X Refsource MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00010.htmlMailing ListX Refsource MLISTThird Party Advisory
- kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10284X Refsource CONFIRM
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- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-676336.pdfX Refsource CONFIRM