CVE-2010-3843

CVE-2010-3843 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the GTK version of Ettercap, specifically affecting the ettercap-project and ettercap products. This flaw arises from the application's use of a globally accessible, unverified settings file at /tmp/.ettercap_gtk, where an unchecked sscanf() call during parsing can be exploited. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating that a local attacker can achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.