CVE-2010-3844: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only; version 10.0 only
• Ettercap-Project Ettercap: version 0.7.3 only

Published 2019-11-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.