CVE-2017-12163

HighCVSS 7.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An information leak flaw was found in the way SMB1 protocol was implemented by Samba before 4.4.16, 4.5.x before 4.5.14, and 4.6.x before 4.6.8. A malicious client could use this flaw to dump server memory contents to a file on the samba share or to a shared printer, though the exact area of server memory cannot be controlled by the attacker.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
SambaSamba4.7; 4.6.8; 4.5.14; 4.4.16

References

Timeline

Published
Jul 26, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-12163: High severity, CVSS 7.1 | Vulnix