samba format string vulnerabilities
Published Jun 24, 2009
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 12.22%
Description
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in client/client.c in smbclient in Samba 3.2.0 through 3.2.12 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a filename.
Affected products
No data.
- 3.2.0
- 3.2.1
- 3.2.2
- 3.2.3
- 3.2.4
- 3.2.5
- 3.2.6
- 3.2.7
- 3.2.8
- 3.2.9
- 3.2.10
- 3.2.11
- 3.2.12
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of samba as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 12.22% (0.12222) | 96.05th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 12.22% (0.12222) | 95.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 9, 2025 | 24.81% (0.24809) | 95.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 19.94% (0.19940) | 94.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 30.67% (0.30669) | 94.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 19.33% (0.19331) | 94.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.74% (0.01740) | 88.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 8, 2024 | 1.74% (0.01740) | 87.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.74% (0.01740) | 85.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 24.06% (0.24062) | 96.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 24.06% (0.24062) | 96.74th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.36th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 24.06% (0.24062) | 95.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (19)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35539 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35573 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35606 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36918 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1823 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:196 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/samba-3.2.12-CVE-2009-1886.patch x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2009-1886.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35472 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022441 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.521591 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-839-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1664 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1886 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508061 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6478 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51328 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1886
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1886
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