Security advisory

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  "id": "c978fdc1a5a44a98f856a18268f56894fcb0a1eb78ffefa6bc4dfc1369874d04",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7115",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-7115",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-7115",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-7115",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-7115"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/mac-telnet",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "1aba4727f120787982b74491b2426081490c41bd"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "b69d11727d4f0f8cf719c79e3fb700f55ca03e9a"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mac-telnet_project:mac-telnet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.4.3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "b69d11727d4f0f8cf719c79e3fb700f55ca03e9a"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v0.4.3",
            "v0.4.1",
            "v0.4.0",
            "v0.3.4",
            "v0.3.3",
            "v0.3.2",
            "v0.3",
            "v0.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7115.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:39.468180889Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/commit/b69d11727d4f0f8cf719c79e3fb700f55ca03e9a",
        "https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/pull/20"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-7115",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379607,
  "published_at": "2016-08-30T17:59:04.55+00:00"
}