Description
Integer 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.
Published: 2014-12-19
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 3.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-9198 Integer 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.
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Ettercap-project Ettercap
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:40:25.200Z

Reserved: 2014-12-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-9376

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-12-19T15:59:27.097

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-9376

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