Ettercap through 0.8.4.1 contains a stack buffer underwrite vulnerability in the telnet dissector in src/dissectors/ec_telnet.c that decrements the…
Ettercap through 0.8.4.1 contains a stack buffer underwrite vulnerability in the telnet dissector in src/dissectors/ec_telnet.c that decrements the output pointer on backspace without a lower bound check. Attackers can send a telnet stream with more backspaces than preceding characters to write below the stack buffer, corrupting the stack of the Ettercap process that normally runs as root.
Read at NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0)
- Vendor
- Ettercap
- Product
- ettercap
- CVSS v3.1
- 8.8 AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness
- CWE-124
- NVD status
- Received
Why it ranks 25 (Notable)
- CVSS v3.1 8.8 high
- Recency: items published within 24 hours gain 15, within 72 hours 6, within 7 days 2.