CVE-2013-0722: Ettercap-Project Ettercap

Medium severity, CVSS 4.4. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the scan_load_hosts function in ec_scan.c in Ettercap 0.7.5.1 and earlier might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse hosts list containing a long line.

Affected products

• Ettercap-Project Ettercap: up to and including 0.7.5.1; version 0.6.3.1 only; version 0.7.2 only; version 0.7.3 only; version 0.7.4 only; version 0.7.4.1 only; …

Published 2013-01-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.