CVE-2014-9380

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-12-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The dissector_cvs function in dissectors/ec_cvs.c in Ettercap 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a packet containing only a CVS_LOGIN signature.

Affected products

Ettercap: 0.8.1

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534248/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71691
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/608
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/71691
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/608
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201505-01
https://www.obrela.com/home/security-labs/advisories/osi-advisory-osi-1402/

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