{"cve":"CVE-2016-7115","nvd":{"published":"2016-08-30T17:59:04.550","modified":"2026-06-17T00:52:36.997","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92699","https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/commit/b69d11727d4f0f8cf719c79e3fb700f55ca03e9a","https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/pull/20","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92699","https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/commit/b69d11727d4f0f8cf719c79e3fb700f55ca03e9a"],"products":["mac-telnet_project:mac-telnet"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:40:10.783210791+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-7115","score":0.04567,"percentile":0.91611,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}