CVE-2016-7115

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92699
https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/commit/b69d11727d4f0f8cf719c79e3fb700f55ca03e9aIssue Tracking, Patch
https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/pull/20Issue Tracking, Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92699
https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/commit/b69d11727d4f0f8cf719c79e3fb700f55ca03e9aIssue Tracking, Patch
https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/pull/20Issue Tracking, Patch

Timeline

Published: Aug 30, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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