CVE-2015-2080
The exception handling code in Eclipse Jetty before 9.2.9.v20150224 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 75.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Nuclei templates1 template
- Eclipse Jetty <9.2.9.v20150224 - Sensitive Information Leakage (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2015/CVE-2015-2080.yamlSeverity high
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Inductive Automation Ignition 7.8.1 - Remote Leakage Of Shared Buffers (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 39455remote, multiplepublished 17 Feb 2016Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 20 months later
· 20 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 75.4% · top 0.5% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.eclipse.jetty:jetty-serverGHSA-ghgj-3xqr-6jfm (opens in a new tab)
References
11
- 20150301 GDS Labs Alert [CVE-2015-2080] - JetLeak Vulnerability: Remote Leakage Of Shared Buffers In Jetty Web Server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- [jetty-announce] 20150224 Critical Security Release of Jetty 9.2.9.v20150224 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [jetty-announce] 20150225 CVE-2015-2080 : JetLeak Vulnerability Remote Leakage of Shared Buffers in Jetty (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0005/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 72768 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/blob/jetty-9.2.x/advisories/2015-02-24-httpparser-error-buffer-bleed.md (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1031800 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130567/Jetty-9.2.8-Shared-Buffer-Leakage.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://blog.gdssecurity.com/labs/2015/2/25/jetleak-vulnerability-remote-leakage-of-shared-buffers-in-je.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20150225 GDS Labs Alert [CVE-2015-2080] - JetLeak Vulnerability: Remote Leakage Of Shared Buffers In Jetty Web Server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-2673 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-0753 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-ghgj-3xqr-6jfm (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2015-2080)Record last updated .