Ettercap through 0.8.4.1 contains a use-after-free vulnerability in func_pcre() in src/ec_filter.c that reads the PCRE2 ovector after freeing match…
Ettercap through 0.8.4.1 contains a use-after-free vulnerability in func_pcre() in src/ec_filter.c that reads the PCRE2 ovector after freeing match data. Network-adjacent attackers can send packets matching a loaded pcre_regex() substitution filter to corrupt memory and potentially execute code 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-416
- 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.