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CVE-2003-0201 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in the call_trans2open function in trans2.c for Samba 2.2.x before 2.2.8a, 2.0.10 and earlier 2.0.x versions, and Samba-TNG…

published 2003-04-15 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-0196

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
84.6%
EPSS 84.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.7%
public exploits
16
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in the call_trans2open function in trans2.c for Samba 2.2.x before 2.2.8a, 2.0.10 and earlier 2.0.x versions, and Samba-TNG before 0.3.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Patch / fix

  • samba Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.0

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0201

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-2003-0201 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2003:138
  • Red Hat Linux 7.1 Red Hat Linux 7.2 Red Hat Linux 7.3 Red Hat Linux 8.0 Red Hat Linux 9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2003:137
  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2003:138

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/freebsd/samba/trans2open)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

84.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/freebsd/samba/trans2open Samba trans2open Overflow (*BSD x86) metasploit exploit, great rank, 2003-04-07
  • Metasploit exploit/linux/samba/trans2open Samba trans2open Overflow (Linux x86) metasploit exploit, great rank, 2003-04-07
  • Metasploit exploit/osx/samba/trans2open Samba trans2open Overflow (Mac OS X PPC) metasploit exploit, great rank, 2003-04-07
  • Metasploit exploit/solaris/samba/trans2open Samba trans2open Overflow (Solaris SPARC) metasploit exploit, great rank, 2003-04-07
  • EDB-22471 Samba 2.2.x - 'call_trans2open' Remote Buffer Overflow (4) remote, 2003-04-07
  • EDB-22470 Samba 2.2.x - 'call_trans2open' Remote Buffer Overflow (3) remote, 2003-05-12
  • EDB-22469 Samba 2.2.x - 'call_trans2open' Remote Buffer Overflow (2) remote, 2003-04-07
  • EDB-22468 Samba 2.2.x - 'call_trans2open' Remote Buffer Overflow (1) remote, 2003-04-11
  • EDB-16880 Samba 2.2.8 (BSD x86) - 'trans2open' Remote Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-06-17
  • EDB-16876 Samba 2.2.8 (OSX/PPC) - 'trans2open' Remote Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-06-21
  • EDB-16861 Samba 2.2.8 (Linux x86) - 'trans2open' Remote Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-07-14
  • EDB-16330 Samba 2.2.8 (Solaris SPARC) - 'trans2open' Remote Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-06-21
  • EDB-9924 Samba 2.2.0 < 2.2.8 (OSX) - trans2open Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2003-04-07
  • EDB-55 Samba 2.2.8 - Brute Force Method Remote Command Execution remote, 2003-07-13
  • EDB-10 Samba < 2.2.8 (Linux/BSD) - Remote Code Execution remote, 2003-04-10
  • EDB-7 Samba 2.2.x - Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 2003-04-07
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7294 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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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