CVE-2015-2080
The exception handling code in Eclipse Jetty before 9.2.9.v20150224 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via illegal characters in an HTTP header, aka JetLeak.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 75.4%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The exception handling code in Eclipse Jetty before 9.2.9.v20150224 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via illegal characters in an HTTP header, aka JetLeak.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 75.44% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 17 February 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- fedoraproject/fedora · eclipse/jetty
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 62.9% on 21 September 2026 to 75.4% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/jetty-announce/msg00074.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/jetty-announce/msg00075.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151804.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130567/Jetty-9.2.8-Shared-Buffer-Leakage.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/12Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534755/100/1600/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72768Broken Link
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031800Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.gdssecurity.com/labs/2015/2/25/jetleak-vulnerability-remote-leakage-of-shared-buffers-in-je.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/blob/jetty-9.2.x/advisories/2015-02-24-httpparser-error-buffer-bleed.mdExploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0005/
- http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/jetty-announce/msg00074.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/jetty-announce/msg00075.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151804.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130567/Jetty-9.2.8-Shared-Buffer-Leakage.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/12Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534755/100/1600/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72768Broken Link
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031800Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.gdssecurity.com/labs/2015/2/25/jetleak-vulnerability-remote-leakage-of-shared-buffers-in-je.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/blob/jetty-9.2.x/advisories/2015-02-24-httpparser-error-buffer-bleed.mdExploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0005/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.