CVE-2008-4314: samba
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2008-4314 is a high (CVSS 8.5) vulnerability in samba. EPSS estimates a 4.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 8.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2Timeline
- 01-12-2008PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
smbd in Samba 3.0.29 through 3.2.4 might allow remote attackers to read arbitrary memory and cause a denial of service via crafted (1) trans, (2) trans2, and (3) nttrans requests, related to a "cut&paste error" that causes an improper bounds check to be performed.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
4.29%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
91%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 4.29% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- samba< 2:3.2.5-1
Samba1 product
- sambaEOL3.0.29 | 3.0.30 | 3.0.31 | 3.0.32 | 3.0.33 | 3.2.0 | 3.2.1 | 3.2.2 | 3.2.3 | 3.2.4
2 vendors · 2 products
References
21 linksShow all 21 references
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00141.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.453684Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource SLACKWARE
- us1.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2008-4314.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00021.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- us1.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/samba-3.0.32-CVE-2008-4314.patchX Refsource CONFIRM