CVE-2016-7115
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 4.6% (pctl 91)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
Buffer overflow in the handle_packet function in mactelnet.c in the client in MAC-Telnet 0.4.3 and earlier allows remote TELNET servers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in an MT_CPTYPE_PASSSALT control packet.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 4.57% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2016-08-30 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mac-telnet project | mac-telnet |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92699
- https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/commit/b69d11727d4f0f8cf719c79e3fb700f55ca03e9a
- https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/pull/20
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92699
- https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/commit/b69d11727d4f0f8cf719c79e3fb700f55ca03e9a
- https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/pull/20
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