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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2002-0276 json

Buffer overflow in various decoders in Ettercap 0.6.3.1 and earlier, when running on networks with an MTU greater than 2000, allows remote…

published 2002-05-31 24 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-0273

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.0%
EPSS 5.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in various decoders in Ettercap 0.6.3.1 and earlier, when running on networks with an MTU greater than 2000, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via large packets.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21289)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

4.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21289 Ettercap 0.6.3.1 - Large Packet Buffer Overflow remote, 2002-02-14

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.