Novell Netware 6.5 SP8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference, memory consumption, ABEND, and crash) via a large number of malformed or AFP requests that are not properly handled by (1) the CIFS functionality in CIFS.nlm Semantic Agent (Build 163 MP) 3.27 or (2) the AFP functionality in AFPTCP.nlm Build 163 SP 3.27
Published Jan 15, 2010
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 10.47%
Description
Novell Netware 6.5 SP8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference, memory consumption, ABEND, and crash) via a large number of malformed or AFP requests that are not properly handled by (1) the CIFS functionality in CIFS.nlm Semantic Agent (Build 163 MP) 3.27 or (2) the AFP functionality in AFPTCP.nlm Build 163 SP 3.27. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 10.47% (0.10473) | 95.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 10.20% (0.10197) | 95.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 23, 2026 | 10.09% (0.10090) | 92.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 8.63% (0.08627) | 91.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.23% (0.05233) | 82.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 8.90% (0.08901) | 91.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 10.81% (0.10815) | 95.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 1, 2023 | 12.60% (0.12603) | 94.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 14.60% (0.14600) | 94.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.20% (0.07197) | 92.42th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 7.20% (0.07197) | 91.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.20% (0.07197) | 80.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://protekresearch.blogspot.com/2010/01/prl-cifsnlm-memory-consumption-denial.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38114 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11009 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508731/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37616 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023400 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0041 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55389 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://protekresearch.blogspot.com/2010/01/prl-cifsnlm-memory-consumption-denial.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/38114 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11009 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508731/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37616 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023400 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0041 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55389 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
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