CVE-2014-9376

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-12-19 · updated 2026-06-17

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.

Affected products

Ettercap: 0.8.1

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534248/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71696
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/602
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/605
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/606
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/609
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201505-01
https://www.obrela.com/home/security-labs/advisories/osi-advisory-osi-1402/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534248/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71696
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/602
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/605

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