CVE-2016-7406

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

10.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 95.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-03-03 16:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-11-04 16:09Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2016-09-09

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

4270a49ba88c0e2e617c7fedaf7b5111c4ef556976600a8b5955860cf2fe6f4f

• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201702-23https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-23vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.securityfocus.com92974http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92974vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160915 Re: CVE request for Dropbear SSH <2016.74http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376353x_refsource_CONFIRM
• secure.ucc.asn.auhttps://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/b66a483f3dcbx_refsource_CONFIRM
• seclists.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Aug/35