CVE-2013-0722
medium
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v4 NEW
—
VIR risk
5.4
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:0.7.5.1-2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:0.7.5.1-2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:0.7.5.1-2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:0.7.5.1-2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:0.7.5.1-2 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51731
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23945/
- http://www.securation.com/files/2013/01/ec.patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57175
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451198
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894092
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0722
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.