PT-2026-42925 · Ettercap · Ettercap

Dapickle · Published 2026-05-24 · Updated 2026-05-24 · CVE-2026-9365

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ettercap versions prior to 0.8.4

Description A heap-based buffer overflow occurs in the GG Dissector component within the FUNC DECODER() function of the src/dissectors/ec gg.c file. This issue is triggered by the manipulation of the gg argument and can be exploited remotely, although the attack complexity is high and exploitability is difficult.

Recommendations Upgrade to version 0.8.4.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Heap Based Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-122

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-9365

Affected Products

Ettercap

References · 8

• 🔥 https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/issues/1306 · Exploit
• https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/commit/feeae6fa366e01a3dd9f1857ec6aae847b2ae00c · Patch
• https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/1307 · Patch
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2058530606993350815 · Twitter Post
• https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap · Note
• https://vuldb.com/submit/813142 · Note
• https://vuldb.com/vuln/365328 · Note
• https://vuldb.com/vuln/365328/cti · Note