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CVE-2018-1050

All versions of Samba from 4.0.0 onwards are vulnerable to a denial of service attack when the RPC spoolss service is configured to be run as an external daemon. Missing input sanitization checks on some of the input parameters to spoolss RPC calls could cause the print spooler service to crash.

Severity
Medium 4.3
Published
13 Mar 2018
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
4.5.16, 4.6.14, 4.7.6
Exploit chance
6.5% in the next 30 daysHigher than 93% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 11 Nov 2026
Weakness
Null pointer dereference (CWE-476)
Attack
From the same local network · No login needed · No user action needed
Attacker can
Slow it down
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
SambaServers and applications · cpe:a:samba:samba
  • From 3.6.0 before 4.5.16
  • From 4.6.0 before 4.6.14
  • From 4.7.0 before 4.7.6

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1050
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1050