CVE-2015-2157
lowpriority · track · 8EPSS 0.006 · 48 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.58% (48th) EPSS
CVSS 2.1 · low
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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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cvss
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2.1
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
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affected products (20)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (30)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151790.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151839.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151933.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00032.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/private-key-not-wiped-2.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3190cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/28/4cnnvd
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