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CVE-2016-3116

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CVE-2016-3116 describes a CRLF injection vulnerability in Dropbear SSH versions prior to 2016.72. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to bypass shell-command restrictions by injecting crafted X11 forwarding data. With a CVSS score of 6.4 (Medium), it presents a low-complexity network attack that can lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. While there is an ExploitDB entry for command injection related to Dropbear SSH 2015.71, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this specific CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2015.71CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
19.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40119 · Mar 3, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1930 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 21,939 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179261.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179269.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179870.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00105.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00113.html
packetstormsecurity.com / files/136251/Dropbear-SSHD-xauth-Command-Injection-Bypass.html
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/47
github.com / tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2016-3115
matt.ucc.asn.au / dropbear/CHANGES
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201607-08