CVE-2014-9378 — Ettercap 0.8.1 does not validate certain return values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) name to the parse_line function in mdns_spoof/mdns_spoof.c or (2) base64 encoded password to the dissector_imap function in dissectors/ec_imap.c

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HIGH

Ettercap 0.8.1 does not validate certain return values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) name to the parse_line function in mdns_spoof/mdns_spoof.c or (2) base64 encoded password to the dissector_imap function in dissectors/ec_imap.c

Published Dec 19, 2014

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.91%

Description

Ettercap 0.8.1 does not validate certain return values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) name to the parse_line function in mdns_spoof/mdns_spoof.c or (2) base64 encoded password to the dissector_imap function in dissectors/ec_imap.c.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.91% 0.03909

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

EPSS probability 0.03909

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 (12 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.91% (0.03909)	89.96th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.91% (0.03909)	88.90th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	1.75% (0.01755)	80.90th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	3.02% (0.03018)	77.63th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	1.75% (0.01755)	81.33th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	11.32% (0.11317)	95.46th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 14, 2024	11.32% (0.11317)	95.22th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 26, 2023	11.25% (0.11251)	94.46th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	11.01% (0.11012)	94.18th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	5.14% (0.05139)	89.65th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	5.14% (0.05139)	88.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	5.14% (0.05139)	75.16th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (6)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534248/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71695
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/604
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/610
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/71695		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/604		x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/610		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 Dec 11, 2014

Link CVE-2014-9378

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-9378

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-9378