CVE-2016-7409
lowpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.005 · 42 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.49% (42nd) EPSS
CVSS 2.1 · low
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
The dbclient and server in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74, when compiled with DEBUG_TRACE, allows local users to read process memory via the -v argument, related to a failed remote ident.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
5.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–5.5
v3.05.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6
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weaknesses
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affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- dropbear ssh project dropbear ssh≤ 2016.73nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (15)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/2cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92973cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376353cnnvd
- https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/6a14b1f6dc04cnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-23cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/2enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92973enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376353enisa_euvd
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