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CVE-2005-1796
Format string vulnerability in the curses_msg function in the Ncurses interface (ec_curses.c) for Ettercap before 0.7.3 allows remote…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 5.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Format string vulnerability in the curses_msg function in the Ncurses interface (ec_curses.c) for Ettercap before 0.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.5% · top 7.2% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 1014084 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 15535 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-749 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 15664 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2005-0670 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://ettercap.sourceforge.net/history.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200506-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 13820 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 16000 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-1798 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-1796)Record last updated .