CVE-2017-8366

Publication date 30 April 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The strescape function in ec_strings.c in Ettercap 0.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted filter that is mishandled by etterfilter.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
ettercap	17.04 zesty	Fixed 1:0.8.2-4ubuntu1.17.04.1
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1:0.8.2-2ubuntu1.16.10.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1:0.8.2-2ubuntu1.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1:0.8.0-11ubuntu0.3
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.8 · Critical

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2017-8366

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

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Severity score breakdown

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