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.
Published: 2014-12-19
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 2.7% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-9200 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.
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Ettercap-project Ettercap
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:40:25.195Z

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

Link: CVE-2014-9378

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-12-19T15:59:28.940

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

Link: CVE-2014-9378

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