samba: nmbd denial of service
Published Jun 23, 2014
3.3
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 20.48%
Description
The sys_recvfrom function in nmbd in Samba 3.6.x before 3.6.24, 4.0.x before 4.0.19, and 4.1.x before 4.1.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a malformed UDP packet.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.2
- 4.0.3
- 4.0.4
- 4.0.5
- 4.0.6
- 4.0.7
- 4.0.8
- 4.0.9
- 4.0.10
- 4.0.11
- 4.0.12
- 4.0.13
- 4.0.14
- 4.0.15
- 4.0.16
- 4.0.17
- 4.0.18
Configuration 3
- 3.6.0
- 3.6.1
- 3.6.2
- 3.6.3
- 3.6.4
- 3.6.5
- 3.6.6
- 3.6.7
- 3.6.8
- 3.6.9
- 3.6.10
- 3.6.11
- 3.6.12
- 3.6.13
- 3.6.14
- 3.6.15
- 3.6.16
- 3.6.17
- 3.6.18
- 3.6.19
- 3.6.20
- 3.6.21
- 3.6.22
- 3.6.23
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
samba3x-0:3.6.6-0.140.el5_10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0866
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
samba-0:3.6.9-169.el6_5
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0866
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
samba4-0:4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1009
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
samba-0:4.1.1-35.el7_0
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0867
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
samba
Not affected
Red Hat Storage 2
samba
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | samba3x-0:3.6.6-0.140.el5_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0866 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | samba-0:3.6.9-169.el6_5 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0866 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | samba4-0:4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1009 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | samba-0:4.1.1-35.el7_0 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0867 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | samba | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Storage 2 | samba | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
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:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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 (20 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 20.48% (0.20481) | 97.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 20.48% (0.20481) | 97.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 20.01% (0.20011) | 95.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 19, 2025 | 18.96% (0.18959) | 95.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 3, 2025 | 16.31% (0.16308) | 94.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 8.55% (0.08546) | 91.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 10.09% (0.10087) | 88.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 20, 2025 | 8.55% (0.08546) | 91.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 7.25% (0.07253) | 90.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.22% (0.05217) | 89.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 10, 2025 | 3.82% (0.03824) | 91.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 5.84% (0.05842) | 93.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 9, 2024 | 5.33% (0.05328) | 93.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 19, 2024 | 8.43% (0.08435) | 94.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 8.89% (0.08895) | 93.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 87.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (26)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0279.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0866.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136864.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134717.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0866.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59378 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/59919 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61218 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-15.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:136 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:082 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-0244 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532757/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68148 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030455 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0244 Vendor Advisory
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_samba1 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1097815 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05115993 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0244
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0244
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