CVE-2016-7115

Published: Aug 30, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

9.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Mac Telnet Project: Mac Telnet

Mac Telnet Project

1 product

Mac Telnet

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mac Telnet Project Mac Telnet	Up to 0.4.3

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (6)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92699

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/commit/b69d11727d4f0f8cf719c79e3fb700f55ca03e9a

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatch

https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/pull/20

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatch

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92699

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/commit/b69d11727d4f0f8cf719c79e3fb700f55ca03e9a

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingPatch

https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/pull/20

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingPatch

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