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CVE-2003-0085 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in the SMB/CIFS packet fragment re-assembly code for SMB daemon (smbd) in Samba before 2.2.8, and Samba-TNG before 0.3.1, a…

published 2003-03-18 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-0081

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
86.4%
EPSS 86.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.7%
public exploits
3
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in the SMB/CIFS packet fragment re-assembly code for SMB daemon (smbd) in Samba before 2.2.8, and Samba-TNG before 0.3.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Patch / fix

  • samba Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.2.8

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0085

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2003-0085 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2003:096
  • Red Hat Linux 6.2 Red Hat Linux 7.0 Red Hat Linux 7.1 Red Hat Linux 7.2 Red Hat Linux 7.3 Red Hat Linux 8.0
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Linux 9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2003:095
  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2003:096

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-22356)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

86.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-22356 Samba 2.2.x - CIFS/9000 Server A.01.x Packet Assembling Buffer Overflow remote, 2003-03-15
  • EDB-16321 Samba 2.2.2 < 2.2.6 - 'nttrans' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (1) remote, 2010-04-28
  • EDB-9936 Samba 2.2.x - 'nttrans' Remote Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2003-04-07

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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