CVE-2015-5309
mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.035 · 89 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–4.3
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affected products (5)
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also known as (3)
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references (16)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00099.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-ech-overflow.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173021.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173094.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00099.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-ech-overflow.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3409enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034308enisa_euvd
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