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Vulnerability details: VCID-1qwv-njed-3kce
Vulnerability ID VCID-1qwv-njed-3kce
Aliases CVE-2016-10708
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-10708.json
epss 0.00995 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-10708
epss 0.00995 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-10708
epss 0.01193 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-10708
epss 0.01193 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-10708
epss 0.01193 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-10708
epss 0.01193 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-10708
epss 0.01193 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-10708
epss 0.01193 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-10708
epss 0.01193 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-10708
epss 0.01193 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-10708
epss 0.01193 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-10708
epss 0.01193 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-10708
epss 0.01193 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-10708
epss 0.01193 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-10708
cvssv3 5.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10708
cvssv3 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10708
Reference id Reference type URL
http://blog.swiecki.net/2018/01/fuzzing-tcp-servers.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-10708.json
https://anongit.mindrot.org/openssh.git/commit/?id=28652bca29046f62c7045e933e6b931de1d16737
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-10708
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-676336.pdf
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10708
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10284
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00031.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00010.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180423-0003/
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K32485746?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102780
1537929 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1537929
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:7-mode:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:netapp:data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:7-mode:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:data_ontap_edge:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:netapp:data_ontap_edge:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_unified_manager:*:*:*:*:*:vsphere:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_unified_manager:*:*:*:*:*:vsphere:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:service_processor:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:netapp:service_processor:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:storagegrid:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:netapp:storagegrid:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:storagegrid_webscale:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:netapp:storagegrid_webscale:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:clustered_data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:netapp:clustered_data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-10708 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10708
RHSA-2017:2029 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2029
USN-3809-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3809-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-10708.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

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none

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changed

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low

none

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low

none

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low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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low

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none

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Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10708
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

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low

multiple

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none

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partial

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10708
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.76117
EPSS Score 0.00995
Published At Aug. 3, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:35:00.628868+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/3809-1/ 37.0.0