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FKIE_CVE-2016-2563

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-04-07 23:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:44
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the SCP command-line utility in PuTTY before 0.67 and KiTTY 0.66.6.3 and earlier allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted SCP-SINK file-size response to an SCP download request.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
9bis kitty *
simon_tatham putty *

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:44:18.253",
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