Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2013-4208

The rsa_verify function in PuTTY before 0.63 (1) does not clear sensitive process memory after use and (2) does not free certain structures containing sensitive process memory, which might allow local users to discover private RSA and DSA keys.

  • Published: Aug 19, 2013
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2013-4208
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 2.1
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
putty / putty 0.50 0.50.x
putty / putty 0.49 0.49.x
putty / putty 0.51 0.51.x
simon_tatham / putty 0.53 0.53.x
putty / putty 0.55 0.55.x
simon_tatham / putty - 0.62.x
putty / putty 0.53b 0.53b.x
putty / putty 0.52 0.52.x
putty / putty 0.48 0.48.x
putty / putty 0.54 0.54.x
putty / putty 0.45 0.45.x
putty / putty 0.46 0.46.x
putty / putty 0.47 0.47.x
putty / putty 0.56 0.56.x
putty / putty 0.57 0.57.x
putty / putty 0.58 0.58.x
putty / putty 0.59 0.59.x
putty / putty 0.60 0.60.x
putty / putty 0.61 0.61.x