CVE-2026-9365Ettercap GG Dissector ec_gg.c FUNC_DECODER heap-based overflow
- 6.3MediumCVSS base score
- 0.32%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 75% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
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References tagged exploit1 reference
- https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/issues/1306 (opens in a new tab)exploitissue-tracking
Timeline
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- 2 days later
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Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium6.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.6 | 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 |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium5.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | Low2.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.32% · top 75% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.3.
Affected products
Ettercap
- affected 0.8.0
- affected 0.8.1
- affected 0.8.2
- affected 0.8.3
- unaffected 0.8.4
References
References7
- VDB-365328 | Ettercap GG Dissector ec_gg.c FUNC_DECODER heap-based overflow (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-365328 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-required
- Submit #813142 | Ettercap <=v0.8.4 Heap-based Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/issues/1306 (opens in a new tab)exploitissue-tracking
- https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/1307 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingpatch
- https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/commit/feeae6fa366e01a3dd9f1857ec6aae847b2ae00c (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/ (opens in a new tab)product
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-31576 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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