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CVE-2015-2157Not scoredCWE-200

CVE-2015-2157: Putty vulnerability

Putty

Vendor fix available · Affected: Putty · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

0.6%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
48th percentile
050100

Higher than 48% of scored CVEs

Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.

DescriptionCVE.org

The (1) ssh2_load_userkey and (2) ssh2_save_userkey functions in PuTTY 0.51 through 0.63 do not properly wipe SSH-2 private keys from memory, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the memory.

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Exploitation
Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public check
No public nuclei template
Vendor
Putty
Published
March 2015

CoverageNo articles yet

No CyberSIXT article names CVE-2015-2157 yet, so there is no coverage timeline, action brief or change log for it. Everything on this page comes from the public CVE record, CISA KEV, EPSS and the nuclei template index. Search the archive or see the CVEs in the news.

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