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.

Published: 2019-11-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-3844 is rated Moderate Risk (60.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.40%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-3844

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.53% 1.40% +0.88%
2 2025-03-30 1.10% 0.53% -0.57%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.10% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-3844

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-3844

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-3844

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2010-3844 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ettercap), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3844
gentoo normal CVE-2010-3844: 1 GLSA(s) (201405-12), 1 atom(s) (net-analyzer/ettercap); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-3844
ubuntu low CVE-2010-3844 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ettercap), 19 status rows across 19 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 14, not-affected 3, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-3844

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-3844

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ettercap-project ettercap 0.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:ettercap-project:ettercap:0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-3844

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