CVE-2014-6396 — The dissector_postgresql function in dissectors/ec_postgresql.c in Ettercap before 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted password length, which triggers a 0 character to be written to an arbitrary memory location

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The dissector_postgresql function in dissectors/ec_postgresql.c in Ettercap before 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted password length, which triggers a 0 character to be written to an arbitrary memory location

Published Dec 19, 2014

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.59%

Description

The dissector_postgresql function in dissectors/ec_postgresql.c in Ettercap before 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted password length, which triggers a 0 character to be written to an arbitrary memory location.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.59% 0.03593

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.03593

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.59% (0.03593)	89.07th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.59% (0.03593)	87.91th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	2.88% (0.02882)	85.07th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	5.10% (0.05101)	82.67th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	2.88% (0.02882)	85.38th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	6.99% (0.06988)	94.22th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	6.99% (0.06988)	92.85th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.29% (0.04291)	87.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.29% (0.04291)	86.39th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.29% (0.04291)	70.14th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (5)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534248/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71697
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/commit/e3abe7d7585ecc420a7cab73313216613aadad5a
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201505-01
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://www.obrela.com/home/security-labs/advisories/osi-advisory-osi-1402/
x_refsource_MISC

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534248/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71697		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/commit/e3abe7d7585ecc420a7cab73313216613aadad5a		x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201505-01		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://www.obrela.com/home/security-labs/advisories/osi-advisory-osi-1402/		x_refsource_MISC

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 19, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Sep 15, 2014

Link CVE-2014-6396

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-6396

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-6396