VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2014-9378
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability3.91%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-12-19
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
Ettercap 0.8.1 does not validate certain return values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) name to the parse_line function in mdns_spoof/mdns_spoof.c or (2) base64 encoded password to the dissector_imap function in dissectors/ec_imap.c.
Weakness classification
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation