CVE-2017-15275
Samba before 4.7.3 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging failure of the server to clear allocated heap memory.
02 Description
Samba before 4.7.3 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging failure of the server to clear allocated heap memory.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 21.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-11-27 22:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 19:50Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-10-11
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- bbae45dba7015f91c47da4c06907d96024f05fcbfe25b8b5e503a577b34dfd7e
05 Affected products
06 References
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:3278https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3278
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3486-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3486-2
- www.debian.orgDSA-4043https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4043
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20171121 [SECURITY] [DLA 1183-1] samba security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00029.html
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:3260https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3260
- www.samba.orghttps://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-15275.html
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:3261https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3261
- support.hpe.comhttps://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03817en_us
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201805-07https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-07
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3486-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3486-1
- www.securitytracker.com1039855http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039855
- www.securityfocus.com101908http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101908
- www.synology.comhttps://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_17_72_Samba
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- samba Fixed in 4.7.3-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- samba Fixed in 2:4.7.1+dfsg-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- samba Fixed in 2:4.7.1+dfsg-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- samba Fixed in 2:4.7.1+dfsg-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- samba Fixed in 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.13
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- samba Fixed in 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.12
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.