CVE-2026-125406

high

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.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ettercap-through-0.8.4.1-stack-buffer-underwrite-via-telnet-dissector-backspace-handling

https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/security/advisories/GHSA-w5ch-7c4x-crcc

https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/1330

https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/commit/1d8badb713579419a29a494bb463a1af59707e98

https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/blob/v0.8.4.1/src/dissectors/ec_telnet.c#L150-L159

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-120569

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-11-10

Updated: 2026-11-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0024