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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 72.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-11-12 21:47Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 03:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-10-08
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 88356162e08a6e8658afe93713c2b3429d318893aae960f3a3738bb16795ed5e
05 Affected products
06 References
- security-tracker.debian.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3844
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3844
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=600130
- github.comhttps://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/commit/4ef3ede30181eca9add74305ad26dbcb0c3686a0
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ettercap Fixed in 1:0.7.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ettercap Fixed in 1:0.7.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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