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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