high · CVSS v3 8.8 · CVSS v4 8.7

CVE-2026-125406

Ettercap through 0.8.4.1 contains a stack buffer underwrite vulnerability in the telnet dissector in src/dissectors/ec_t…

Description

Ettercap through 0.8.4.1 contains a stack buffer underwrite vulnerability in the telnet dissector in src/dissectors/ec_telnet.c that decrements the output pointer on backspace without a lower bound check. Attackers can send a telnet stream with more backspaces than preceding characters to write below the stack buffer, corrupting the stack of the Ettercap process that normally runs as root.

Scores

Severity
high
CVSS v2
8.3
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS v4
8.7
EPSS
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