Medium 5.6Published May 24, 2026

CVE-2026-9365Ettercap GG Dissector ec_gg.c FUNC_DECODER heap-based overflow

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 3:40 PM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 5.6 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)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
Weakness (CWE): CWE-122, CWE-119
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulDB
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: May 26, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

n/a Ettercap ettercap:ettercap	0.8.0; 0.8.1; 0.8.2; 0.8.3; 0.8.4 not affected	CNA record

References

References

https://vuldb.com/vuln/365328	vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/vuln/365328/cti	signature, permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/submit/813142	third-party-advisory
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/issues/1306	exploit, issue-tracking
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/1307	issue-tracking, patch
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/commit/feeae6fa366e01a3dd9f1857ec6aae847b2ae00c	patch
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/	product

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