CVE-2018-10858 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2018-10858

A heap-buffer overflow was found in the way samba clients...

Vulnerability Description

A heap-buffer overflow was found in the way samba clients processed extra long filename in a directory listing. A malicious samba server could use this flaw to cause arbitrary code execution on a samba client. Samba versions before 4.6.16, 4.7.9 and 4.8.4 are vulnerable.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

The Samba Team

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Affected Software

samba
Vulnerable Versions:
4.6.16, 4.7.9, 4.8.4

Timeline

Official Publish: August 22nd, 2018
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)