VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2010-3844
An unchecked sscanf() call in ettercap before 0.7.5 allows an insecure temporary settings file to overflow a static-sized buffer on the stack.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.40%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An unchecked sscanf() call in ettercap before 0.7.5 allows an insecure temporary settings file to overflow a static-sized buffer on the stack.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.40% probability · 71th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- ettercap-project/ettercap · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3844Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=600130Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/commit/4ef3ede30181eca9add74305ad26dbcb0c3686a0
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3844Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3844Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=600130Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/commit/4ef3ede30181eca9add74305ad26dbcb0c3686a0
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3844Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.