High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published Nov 10, 2026
CVE-2026-125405
CVE-2026-125405
Description
Ettercap through 0.8.4.1 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Parse_NTLM_Auth() in src/dissectors/ec_http.c due to unvalidated NTLM message offsets. Attackers can send a crafted HTTP Authorization header observed by Ettercap to read beyond the buffer, disclosing memory or crashing the process.
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References
5- github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/blob/v0.8.4.1/src/dissectors/ec_http.cnvd
- github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/commit/1d8badb713579419a29a494bb463a1af59707e98nvd
- github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/1330nvd
- github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/security/advisories/GHSA-jw9q-j2rm-94j2nvd
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ettercap-through-0.8.4.1-out-of-bounds-read-via-http-ntlm-authentication-parsingnvd
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