THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2014-9376
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2014-9376

Ettercap vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
4.1%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Ettercap Project
Affected product
Ettercap
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2014-12-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-9376

  • Confirm whether Ettercap Project Ettercap is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-9376.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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