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CVE-2016-7115

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-08-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the handle_packet function in mactelnet.c in the client in MAC-Telnet 0.4.3 and earlier allows remote TELNET servers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in an MT_CPTYPE_PASSSALT control packet.

Affected products

• Mac-Telnet Project Mac-Telnet: through 0.4.3

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92699
• https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/commit/b69d11727d4f0f8cf719c79e3fb700f55ca03e9a
• https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/pull/20
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92699
• https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/commit/b69d11727d4f0f8cf719c79e3fb700f55ca03e9a
• https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/pull/20

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