VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2014-0239

The internal DNS server in Samba 4.x before 4.0.18 does not check the QR field in the header section of an incoming DNS message before sending a response, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandwidth consumption) via a…

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 66.8%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 66.8%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS: 66.81% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-20
Affected: samba/samba
Source: secalert@redhat.com

EPSS trend

EPSS 66.8% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/59579Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-15.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-0239Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67691Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030309Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/59579Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-15.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-0239Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67691Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030309Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.