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CVE-2017-6430
The compile_tree function in ef_compiler.c in the Etterfilter utility in Ettercap 0.8.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a…
Medium5.5EPSS 2.0%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The compile_tree function in ef_compiler.c in the Etterfilter utility in Ettercap 0.8.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted filter.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 13 days later
· 13 days later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 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 | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 20170306 CVE-2017-6430: Out-of-Bounds Read (DOS) Vulnerability in Ettercap Etterfilter utility (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 96582 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-3874 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://github.com/LocutusOfBorg/ettercap/commit/626dc56686f15f2dda13c48f78c2a666cb6d8506 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/issues/782 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1038057 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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-2017-15487 (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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