A vulnerability has been found in Ettercap up to 0.8.3. The affected element is the function FUNC_DECODER of the file src/dissectors/ec_gg.c of the component GG Dissector. The manipulation of the argument gg leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is described as difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 0.8.4 is sufficient to fix this issue. The identifier of the patch is feeae6fa366e01a3dd9f1857ec6aae847b2ae00c. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
n/a Ettercap affected
Version Status Constraints
0.8.0 affected —
0.8.1 affected —
0.8.2 affected —
0.8.3 affected —
0.8.4 unaffected —

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https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/ cve-icon
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/commit/feeae6fa366e01a3dd9f1857ec6aae847b2ae00c cve-icon
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/issues/1306 cve-icon
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/1307 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/813142 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/365328 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/365328/cti cve-icon
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Sun, 24 May 2026 08:15:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability has been found in Ettercap up to 0.8.3. The affected element is the function FUNC_DECODER of the file src/dissectors/ec_gg.c of the component GG Dissector. The manipulation of the argument gg leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is described as difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 0.8.4 is sufficient to fix this issue. The identifier of the patch is feeae6fa366e01a3dd9f1857ec6aae847b2ae00c. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.
Title Ettercap GG Dissector ec_gg.c FUNC_DECODER heap-based overflow
First Time appeared Ettercap
Ettercap ettercap
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-122
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ettercap:ettercap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ettercap
Ettercap ettercap
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-24T07:45:11.192Z

Reserved: 2026-05-23T10:28:40.541Z

Link: CVE-2026-9365

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