Vulnerability Intelligence Report
CVE-2016-10708
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.
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
7.5
HIGH
Exploitability:3.9
Impact Score:3.6
EPSS Probability:16.00%
Executive Threat Verdict
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-476 ↗CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| openbsd | openssh | all |
| debian | debian_linux | 7.0, 8.0 |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.04, 16.04, 18.04 |
| netapp | cloud_backup | all |
| netapp | data_ontap | all |
| netapp | data_ontap_edge | all |
| netapp | oncommand_unified_manager | all |
| netapp | service_processor | all |
| netapp | storagegrid | all |
| netapp | storagegrid_webscale | all |
| netapp | clustered_data_ontap | all |
| netapp | vasa_provider | all |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
EPSS Score
16.002%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | MITRE Corporation · N/A · USA |
| Reserved | 2018-01-21T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2018-01-21T22:00:00 |
| Patch Date | 2018-01-21 |
| Last Updated | 2026-04-29T14:33:06 |
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