5.9

CVE-2016-0771: samba

CVSS: 5.9v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-0771DEBIAN-CVE-2016-0771
Published 13-03-2016Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-0771 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) vulnerability in samba. EPSS estimates a 3.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.01%
0%100%
Low · +0.25 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2
DSA-3514-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10069-1USN-2922-1

Timeline

  1. 13-03-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The internal DNS server in Samba 4.x before 4.1.23, 4.2.x before 4.2.9, 4.3.x before 4.3.6, and 4.4.x before 4.4.0rc4, when an AD DC is configured, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive information from process memory by uploading a crafted DNS TXT record.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.01%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.25 pp

From 2.76% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
3.01%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • samba< 2:4.3.6+dfsg-1
Samba1 product
  • sambaEOL4.0.0 | 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 | 4.0.19 | 4.0.20 | 4.0.21 | 4.0.22 | 4.0.23 | 4.0.24 | 4.1.0 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.1.3 | 4.1.4 | 4.1.5 | 4.1.6 | 4.1.7 | 4.1.8 | 4.1.9 | 4.1.10 | 4.1.11 | 4.1.12 | 4.1.13 | 4.1.14 | 4.1.15 | 4.1.16 | 4.1.17 | 4.1.18 | 4.1.19 | 4.1.20 | 4.1.21 | 4.1.22 | 4.2.0:rc1 | 4.2.0:rc2 | 4.2.0:rc3 | 4.2.0:rc4 | 4.2.1 | 4.2.2 | 4.2.3 | 4.2.4 | 4.2.5 | 4.2.6 | 4.2.7 | 4.2.8 | 4.3.0 | 4.3.1 | 4.3.2 | 4.3.3 | 4.3.4 | 4.3.5 | 4.4.0:rc1 | 4.4.0:rc2 | 4.4.0:rc3
Ubuntu1 product
  • samba< 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.13 | < 2:4.3.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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