{"id":"CVE-2011-4607","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2011-4607","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:42:55.747Z","title":"PuTTY 0.59 through 0.61 does not clear sensitive process memory when managing user replies that occur during keyboard-interactive authentication, which might allow local users to read login passwords by obtaining access to the process' memory.","description":"PuTTY 0.59 through 0.61 does not clear sensitive process memory when managing user replies that occur during keyboard-interactive authentication, which might allow local users to read login passwords by obtaining access to the process' memory.","published":"2013-08-23T16:55:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:35:08.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":2.1,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["putty/putty"],"epss":{"score":0.00408,"percentile":0.34782,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/499","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/500","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/password-not-wiped.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/499","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/500","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/password-not-wiped.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4607","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}