CVE-2016-7115
N/A
Published: August 30, 2016 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:52 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMac Telnet
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 0.4.3
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/commit/b69d11727d4f0f8cf719c79e3fb700f55ca03e9ax_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/pull/20Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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