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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2002-1318

Buffer overflow in samba 2.2.2 through 2.2.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via an encrypted password that causes the overflow during decryption in which a DOS codepage string is converted to a…

HIGH 10.0EPSS 51.9%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 51.9%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Buffer overflow in samba 2.2.2 through 2.2.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via an encrypted password that causes the overflow during decryption in which a DOS codepage string is converted to a little-endian UCS2 unicode string.

CVSS 2.0
10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
51.91% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
samba/samba · sgi/irix · hp/cifs-9000 server
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.