Is CVE-2016-10708 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-10708 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-10708?

CVE-2016-10708 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-10708?

CVE-2016-10708 has an EPSS score of 15.72% (97th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10708?

Upgrade openssh on debian 11 to 1:7.4p1-1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-10708

HIGHEPSS 97th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an out-of-sequence NEWKEYS message, as demonstrated by Honggfuzz, related to kex.c and packet.c.

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

How to fix

Remediation Available

opensshDebian

Fixed in:1:7.4p1-1CVE-2016-10708

opensshUbuntu

Fixed in:1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.11USN-3809-1

Fixed in:1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.6USN-3809-1

Fixed in:1:7.6p1-4ubuntu0.1USN-3809-1

openssh-serverUbuntu

Fixed in:1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.11USN-3809-1

Fixed in:1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.6USN-3809-1

Fixed in:1:7.6p1-4ubuntu0.1USN-3809-1

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

15.72%probability of exploitation in 30 days

97thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Vendor Advisory1

openssh.com

Third-Party Advisory5

Other references3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-21758	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-21547	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-3470	Medium	4.3	86%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44224	High	8.2	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-0742	High	7.5	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2009-1386	Medium	5.0	80%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-29.