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CVE-2018-10858
A heap-buffer overflow was found in the way samba clients processed extra long filename in a directory listing. A malicious samba server…
Medium4.3EPSS 4.3%
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- redhat
Description
A heap-buffer overflow was found in the way samba clients processed extra long filename in a directory listing. A malicious samba server could use this flaw to cause arbitrary code execution on a samba client. Samba versions before 4.6.16, 4.7.9 and 4.8.4 are vulnerable.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.3% · top 8.8% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 4.6.16
- affected 4.7.9
- affected 4.8.4
References (13)
- DSA-4271 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2613 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-10858.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3738-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2612 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 105085 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1042002 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:3056 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180814-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10858 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:3470 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10284 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-202003-52 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
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- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (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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