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CVE-2014-3560 in the critical feed json

NetBIOS name services daemon (nmbd) in Samba 4.0.x before 4.0.21 and 4.1.x before 4.1.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code…

published 2014-08-06 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-3542

cvss
7.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
56.4%
EPSS 56.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

NetBIOS name services daemon (nmbd) in Samba 4.0.x before 4.0.21 and 4.1.x before 4.1.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that modify heap memory, involving a sizeof operation on an incorrect variable in the unstrcpy macro in string_wrappers.h.

Patch / fix

  • samba Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:4.1.11+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3560

  • samba Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3560

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  • samba RHEL 7 4.1.1-37.el7_0
  • samba-dc RHEL 7 4.1.1-37.el7_0
  • samba-libs RHEL 7 4.1.1-37.el7_0
  • samba-pidl RHEL 7 4.1.1-37.el7_0
  • samba-test RHEL 7 4.1.1-37.el7_0
  • libwbclient RHEL 7 4.1.1-37.el7_0
  • libsmbclient RHEL 7 4.1.1-37.el7_0
  • samba-client RHEL 7 4.1.1-37.el7_0

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:1008RHSA-2014:1009

  • samba openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.5.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10069-1

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-2014-3560 updated cvss 7.9

samba: remote code execution in nmbd

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) samba 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-libs 4.1.1-37.el7_0, libwbclient 4.1.1-37.el7_0, libsmbclient 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-client 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-common 4.1.1-37.el7_0, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) samba 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-dc 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-pidl 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-test 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-python 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-dc-libs 4.1.1-37.el7_0, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) samba 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-libs 4.1.1-37.el7_0, libwbclient 4.1.1-37.el7_0, libsmbclient 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-client 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-common 4.1.1-37.el7_0, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) samba 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-dc 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-pidl 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-test 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-python 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-dc-libs 4.1.1-37.el7_0, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1008
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) samba4 4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4, samba4-dc 4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4, samba4-libs 4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4, samba4-pidl 4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4, samba4-swat 4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4, samba4-test 4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) samba4 4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4, samba4-dc 4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4, samba4-libs 4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4, samba4-pidl 4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4, samba4-swat 4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4, samba4-test 4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) samba4 4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4, samba4-dc 4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4, samba4-libs 4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4, samba4-pidl 4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4, samba4-swat 4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4, samba4-test 4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1009
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) samba 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-libs 4.1.1-37.el7_0, libwbclient 4.1.1-37.el7_0, libsmbclient 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-client 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-common 4.1.1-37.el7_0, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) samba-dc 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-pidl 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-test 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-python 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-dc-libs 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-vfs-glusterfs 4.1.1-37.el7_0, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1008
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) samba4 4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4, samba4-dc 4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4, samba4-libs 4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4, samba4-pidl 4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4, samba4-swat 4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4, samba4-test 4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1009
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) samba 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-libs 4.1.1-37.el7_0, libwbclient 4.1.1-37.el7_0, libsmbclient 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-client 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-common 4.1.1-37.el7_0, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) samba-dc 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-pidl 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-test 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-dc-libs 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-vfs-glusterfs 4.1.1-37.el7_0, samba-winbind-clients 4.1.1-37.el7_0, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1008
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 samba, samba3x Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 samba, samba-swat, libsmbclient, samba-client, samba-common, samba-winbind, +4 more Red Hat Storage 2 samba Red Hat Storage 3 ctdb, samba, samba-dc, ctdb-tests, samba-libs, samba-pidl, +21 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

56.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.9 AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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