CVE-2016-7115

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CVSS 3.0

9.8 critical

EPSS

5%p91

Published

Aug 30, 2016 (Aug 30, 2016)

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.

Vendors: mac-telnet project
Products: mac-telnet
Weakness: CWE-119
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (4.6%)

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