{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7407","details":"The dropbearconvert command in Dropbear SSH before 2016.74 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OpenSSH key file.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:45:53Z","published":"2017-03-03T16:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-7407"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7407"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://secure.ucc.asn.au/hg/dropbear/rev/34e6127ef02e"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/14/7"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7407"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dropbear","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/dropbear@2016.72-1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2014.65-1ubuntu2","2015.68-1","2015.70-1","2015.71-1","2016.72-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2016.72-1","binary_name":"dropbear"},{"binary_version":"2016.72-1","binary_name":"dropbear-bin"},{"binary_version":"2016.72-1","binary_name":"dropbear-initramfs"},{"binary_version":"2016.72-1","binary_name":"dropbear-run"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7407.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}