{"id":"CVE-2014-6396","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-6396","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:08:42.324Z","title":"The dissector_postgresql function in dissectors/ec_postgresql.c in Ettercap before 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted password length, which triggers a 0 character to be written…","description":"The dissector_postgresql function in dissectors/ec_postgresql.c in Ettercap before 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted password length, which triggers a 0 character to be written to an arbitrary memory location.","published":"2014-12-19T15:59:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:13:01.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["ettercap-project/ettercap"],"epss":{"score":0.03593,"percentile":0.89361,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.59%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534248/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71697","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/commit/e3abe7d7585ecc420a7cab73313216613aadad5a","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201505-01","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.obrela.com/home/security-labs/advisories/osi-advisory-osi-1402/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534248/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71697","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/commit/e3abe7d7585ecc420a7cab73313216613aadad5a","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201505-01","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.obrela.com/home/security-labs/advisories/osi-advisory-osi-1402/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6396","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}