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01 Record

CVE-2018-10858

A heap-buffer overflow was found in the way samba clients processed extra long filename in a directory listing. A malicious samba server could use this flaw to cause arbitrary code execution on a

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base score4.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

02 Description

A heap-buffer overflow was found in the way samba clients processed extra long filename in a directory listing. A malicious samba server could use this flaw to cause arbitrary code execution on a

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
4.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 90.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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
2018-08-22 17:00Z8 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-05 07:46Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2018-05-09
Assigning CNA
redhat
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 4.3)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weaknesses
  • CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
  • CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
b810e536ad1c2caa00d12afbb6b543aeaae61d39ce15391b2914c2c7c56f94f8

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
The Samba Teamsamba4.6.16, 4.7.9, 4.8.4—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • samba
    Fixed in 2:4.8.4+dfsg-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • samba
    Fixed in 2:4.8.4+dfsg-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • samba
    Fixed in 2:4.8.4+dfsg-1

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-0ubuntu0.14.04.16

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-0ubuntu0.16.04.15

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • samba
    Fixed in 2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.2

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.