CVE-2014-9379 — The radius_get_attribute function in dissectors/ec_radius.c in Ettercap 0.8.1 performs an incorrect cast, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow

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HIGH

The radius_get_attribute function in dissectors/ec_radius.c in Ettercap 0.8.1 performs an incorrect cast, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow

Published Dec 19, 2014

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 4.00%

Description

The radius_get_attribute function in dissectors/ec_radius.c in Ettercap 0.8.1 performs an incorrect cast, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

4.00% 0.03996

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

EPSS probability 0.03996

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 (9 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	4.00% (0.03996)	90.20th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	4.00% (0.03996)	89.15th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 10, 2025	2.79% (0.02786)	84.89th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	3.88% (0.03884)	87.48th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	7.94% (0.07940)	94.53th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	7.94% (0.07940)	93.21th	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/71698
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/607
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/71698		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/607		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-2014-9379

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-9379

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-9379