cifs-utils: stack-based buffer overflow flaw in pam_cifscreds
Published Mar 31, 2015
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.61%
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in cifskey.c or cifscreds.c in cifs-utils before 6.4, as used in pam_cifscreds, allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 6.3
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
samba
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
samba3x
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
cifs-utils
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
cifs-utils
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | samba | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | samba3x | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | cifs-utils | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | cifs-utils | Will not fix | 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:N/AC:L/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 (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.61% (0.05605) | 92.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.18% (0.05178) | 91.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 23, 2025 | 2.90% (0.02896) | 85.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 7, 2025 | 4.22% (0.04216) | 88.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 3, 2025 | 5.62% (0.05616) | 89.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.88% (0.03882) | 87.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.50% (0.05497) | 83.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.88% (0.03882) | 87.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.73% (0.02731) | 90.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.69% (0.03689) | 90.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0242.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/96 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:114 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2830 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13386 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=870168 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1086224 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2014-July/101132.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2830
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-08 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2830
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0242.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/96 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:114 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2830 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13386 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=870168 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1086224 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2014-July/101132.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2830 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-08 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2830 |
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