Ettercap through 0.8.4.1 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in sslwgetclienthellosni() in src/ecsslwrap.c that trusts the…
CVE-2026-125402
Ettercap through 0.8.4.1 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in sslwgetclienthellosni() in src/ecsslwrap.c that trusts the unchecked 16-bit SNI length field. Network-adjacent attackers can send crafted TLS ClientHello messages during SSL interception to leak up to 64 KB of heap memory upstream or crash Ettercap.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 7.2 (v4.0)
- Severity
- High
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 9 November 2026
- Last updated
- 9 November 2026
- Assigner
- VulnCheck
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
At the source
References
- https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/security/advisories/GHSA-v48w-7cvh-c7f4
- https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/commit/1d8badb713579419a29a494bb463a1af59707e98
- https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/1330
- https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/blob/v0.8.4.1/src/ec_sslwrap.c#L589-L604
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ettercap-through-0.8.4.1-heap-out-of-bounds-read-via-tls-sni-parsing
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