CVE-2013-4124
Integer overflow in the read_nttrans_ea_list function in nttrans.c in smbd in Samba 3.x before 3.5.22, 3.6.x before 3.6.17, and 4.x before…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 69.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Integer overflow in the read_nttrans_ea_list function in nttrans.c in smbd in Samba 3.x before 3.5.22, 3.6.x before 3.6.17, and 4.x before 4.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a malformed packet.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules1 module
- Samba read_nttrans_ea_list Integer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/dos/samba/read_nttrans_ea_listRank normal
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Samba 3.5.22/3.6.17/4.0.8 - nttrans Reply Integer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 27778dos, linuxpublished 22 Aug 2013Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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By redhat
- 54 days later
· 54 days later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 69.0% · top 0.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- HPSBUX03087 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1339 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-9132 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2013-4124 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-14312 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1349 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 20130806 [slackware-security] samba (SSA:2013-218-03) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.0.8.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.6.17.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1966-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- GLSA-201502-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 1028882 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0305 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.5.22.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- samba-cve20134121-dos(86185) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:207 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=984401 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-14355 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 54519 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1310 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/patches/security/samba-4.0.7-CVE-2013-4124.patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1542 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 95969 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1543 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-4052 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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