CVE-2014-9376

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-9376
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-19 15:59:27 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionInteger underflow in Ettercap 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a small (1) size variable value in the dissector_dhcp function in dissectors/ec_dhcp.c, (2) length value to the dissector_gg function in dissectors/ec_gg.c, or (3) string length to the get_decode_len function in ec_utils.c or a request without a (4) username or (5) password to the dissector_TN3270 function in dissectors/ec_TN3270.c.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ettercap-project Ettercap 0.8.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fix arbitary length by NickSampanis · Pull Request #602 · Ettercap/ettercap · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Ettercap 'dissector_dhcp()' Function Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Fix gg dissector arbitary length heap overflow by NickSampanis · Pull Request #606 · Ettercap/ettercap · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Obrela - Obrela Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.obrela.com
Ettercap: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201505-01) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Fix cvs signed pointer by NickSampanis · Pull Request #609 · Ettercap/ettercap · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Fix TN3270 out of bounds write by NickSampanis · Pull Request #605 · Ettercap/ettercap · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
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