Vulnerability in Simon_tatham Putty
CVE-2015-5309
Integer overflow in the terminal emulator in PuTTY before 0.66 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an ECH (erase characters) escape sequence with a large parameter…
EPSS: 0.017 (82.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Simon_tatham Putty
- Opensuse Leap — versions 42.1
- Opensuse — versions 13.1, 13.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- DSA-3409 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- FEDORA-2015-3d17682c15 (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- FEDORA-2015-5ad4a1f151 (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- 1034308 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- GLSA-201606-01 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- openSUSE-SU-2015:2023 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-5309?
- CVE-2015-5309 is a vulnerability in Simon_tatham Putty, classified under CWE-189. Published 2015-12-07.
- Is CVE-2015-5309 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.