Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 19, 2014· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2014-9378

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.

Affected products

Ettercap Project/Ettercap
cpe:2.3:a:ettercap-project:ettercap:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534248/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/71695nvd
github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/604nvd
github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/610nvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201505-01nvd
www.obrela.com/home/security-labs/advisories/osi-advisory-osi-1402/nvd

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