CVE-2016-1907

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 14.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-01-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The ssh_packet_read_poll2 function in packet.c in OpenSSH before 7.1p2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via crafted network traffic.

Affected products

OpenSSH: 6.8, 6.8-p1, 6.9, 6.9-p1, 7.0, 7.0-p1 (+2)

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176516.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175676.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176349.html
http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.1p2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81293
https://anongit.mindrot.org/openssh.git/commit/?id=2fecfd486bdba9f51b3a789277bb0733ca36e1c0
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa109
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05356388
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05385680
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176516.html

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