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CVE-2015-5309

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Published: Dec 7, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

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4.3
Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 2.9
Source: NVD

Description

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 value, which triggers a buffer underflow.

Affected (4)

Opensuse
2 products
Leap
Opensuse
Simon Tatham
1 product
Putty
Configuration A
3 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Leap
Version 42.1
Opensuse
Opensuse
Version 13.1
Opensuse
Version 13.2
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Putty
Up to 0.65

Related CWEs

CWE-189
CWE-189

References (14)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
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Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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