CVE-2016-7115: Mac-Telnet Project Mac-Telnet

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 4.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Mac-Telnet Project Mac-Telnet: up to and including 0.4.3

Published 2016-08-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.