CVE-2016-7406 (GCVE-0-2016-7406)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-03-03 16:00
Modified
2025-11-04 16:09
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
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.
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