4.3

CVE-2018-1050: canonical ubuntu_linux NULL Pointer Dereference

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2018-1050SUSE-SU-2018:0754-1SUSE-SU-2018:0774-1
Published 13-03-2018Last modified 16-09-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-1050 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 6.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4.3, adjacent network); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.51%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 11 · Related 5
DLA-1754-1DSA-4135-1MGASA-2018-0201OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11365-1RHSA-2018:2612RHSA-2018:2613

Timeline

  1. 13-03-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

All versions of Samba from 4.0.0 onwards are vulnerable to a denial of service attack when the RPC spoolss service is configured to be run as an external daemon. Missing input sanitization checks on some of the input parameters to spoolss RPC calls could cause the print spooler service to crash.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 5 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

6.51%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 6.51% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: adjacent network, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat31 products
Suse25 products
  • samba-doc&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4< 3.6.3-94.11.1
  • samba-doc&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4< 3.6.3-94.11.1
  • samba&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 5< 4.6.13+git.72.2a684235f41-3.21.3
  • samba&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2< 4.4.2-38.17.1
  • samba&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3< 4.6.13+git.72.2a684235f41-3.21.3
Debian2 products
  • samba< 2:3.6.6-6+deb7u16 | < 2:4.7.4+dfsg-2
  • debian_linuxEOL7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0
Alpine1 product
  • samba≥ 3.6.0, < 4.7.6-r0 | ≥ 3.6.0, < 4.4.16-r2 | ≥ 3.6.0, < 4.5.16-r0 | ≥ 3.6.0, < 4.6.14-r0
Canonical1 product
Samba1 product
  • sambaAll versions of Samba from 4.0.0 onwards | ≥ 3.6.0, < 4.5.16 | ≥ 4.6.0, < 4.6.14 | ≥ 4.7.0, < 4.7.6
Ubuntu1 product
  • samba< 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.14 | < 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.13

7 vendors · 62 products

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