CVE-2026-125403 PUBLISHED

Ettercap through 0.8.4.1 Out-of-Bounds Read via sslw_remove_sts

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 09.11.2026 Published: 09.11.2026 Updated: 09.11.2026

Ettercap through 0.8.4.1 contains an out-of-bounds read and size_t underflow vulnerability in sslw_remove_sts() in src/ec_sslwrap.c, caused by a stale length and an unchecked memmem() result when stripping Strict-Transport-Security headers. A malicious HTTPS server whose response passes through Ettercap's SSL interception can trigger out-of-bounds reads and memory corruption in the Ettercap process, which normally runs as root.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 7.2

Product Status

Vendor Ettercap
Product ettercap
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.8.4.1 (incl.)

Credits

  • Adiel Sol, Arad Inbar, Erez Cohen, Nir Somech, Ben Grinberg, Daniel Lubel, Shir Sadon (DREAM Security Research Team) finder
  • Emilio Escobar remediation developer

References

Problem Types

  • Out-of-bounds Read CWE