ettercap — security advisory
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.
- Products
- ettercap
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1:0.8.1-3
- CVEs
- CVE-2014-9376
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 21:36 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9376
ettercap
Fixed versions: 1:0.8.1-3
ettercap
Fixed versions: 1:0.8.1-3
Complete source record
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2014-12-19T15:59:27.097+00:00"
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