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CVE-2026-125400 - Ettercap through 0.8.4.1 Use-After-Free via PCRE2 Filter Substitution

CVE ID :CVE-2026-125400
Published : Nov. 9, 2026, 11:28 p.m. | 1 hour ago
Description :Ettercap through 0.8.4.1 contains a use-after-free vulnerability in func_pcre() in src/ec_filter.c that reads the PCRE2 ovector after freeing match data. Network-adjacent attackers can send packets matching a loaded pcre_regex() substitution filter to corrupt memory and potentially execute code as root.
Severity: 8.8 | HIGH
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