CVE-2013-0722

Exp

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.

Published: 2013-01-11 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-0722 is rated Exploit Available (51.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.84%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-0722

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
23945 exploit_db edb 2013-01-07 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-0722

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 0.19% 0.84% +0.65%
2 2025-03-30 0.29% 0.19% -0.10%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.29% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-0722

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
 3.4 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-0722

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-0722

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2013-0722 low 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-2013-0722
gentoo normal CVE-2013-0722: 1 GLSA(s) (201405-12), 1 atom(s) (net-analyzer/ettercap); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-0722
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-0722 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ettercap), 15 status rows across 15 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 10, not-affected 3, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0722

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-0722

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ettercap-project ettercap <= 0.7.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:ettercap-project:ettercap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ettercap-project ettercap 0.6.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:ettercap-project:ettercap:0.6.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ettercap-project ettercap 0.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:ettercap-project:ettercap:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ettercap-project ettercap 0.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:ettercap-project:ettercap:0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ettercap-project ettercap 0.7.4 cpe:2.3:a:ettercap-project:ettercap:0.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ettercap-project ettercap 0.7.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:ettercap-project:ettercap:0.7.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ettercap-project ettercap 0.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:ettercap-project:ettercap:0.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-0722

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