CVE-2016-7115

critical
Published 2016-08-30 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7115

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/pull/20

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/commit/b69d11727d4f0f8cf719c79e3fb700f55ca03e9a

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed0.4.4-4
debian debianbullseyefixed0.4.4-4
debian debianforkyfixed0.4.4-4
debian debiansidfixed0.4.4-4
debian debiantrixiefixed0.4.4-4

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mac-telnet_projectmac-telnet{"endIncluding":"0.4.3"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.