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Ettercap 0.8.1 does not validate certain return values,...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 12, 2025

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Ettercap 0.8.1 does not validate certain return values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) name to the parse_line function in mdns_spoof/mdns_spoof.c or (2) base64 encoded password to the dissector_imap function in dissectors/ec_imap.c.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 19, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Last updated Apr 12, 2025

Severity

High

EPSS score

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(85th percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2014-9378

GHSA ID

GHSA-whfw-x4pp-hv9m

Source code

No known source code

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