CVE-2016-7115

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-7115
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-08-30T17:59:04
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-11-28T20:37:12
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mac-telnet_project:mac-telnet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 0.4.3
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/pull/20 Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/commit/b69d11727d4f0f8cf719c79e3fb700f55ca03e9a Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92699
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7115
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7115
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:03:50 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:57:26 2016-08-30T17:59Z 2016-08-30T17:59:04 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:57:26 2016-11-28T20:37:12 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:57:26 Modified Vulnerability Status updated