CVE-2026-9365

MEDIUM 5.6

Ettercap GG Dissector ec_gg.c FUNC_DECODER heap-based overflow

CVSS Score

5.6

EPSS Score

0.1%

EPSS Percentile

18th

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.

CWE	CWE-122 CWE-119
Vendor	n/a
Product	ettercap
Published	May 24, 2026
Last Updated	May 26, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Affected Versions

n/a / Ettercap

0.8.0 0.8.1 0.8.2 0.8.3

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

vuldb.com: https://vuldb.com/vuln/365328 vuldb.com: https://vuldb.com/vuln/365328/cti vuldb.com: https://vuldb.com/submit/813142 github.com: https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/issues/1306 github.com: https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/1307 github.com: https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/commit/feeae6fa366e01a3dd9f1857ec6aae847b2ae00c github.com: https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/

Credits

🔍 dapickle (VulDB User)