CVE-2007-5398

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-11-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the reply_netbios_packet function in nmbd/nmbd_packets.c in nmbd in Samba 3.0.0 through 3.0.26a, when operating as a WINS server, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted WINS Name Registration requests followed by a WINS Name Query request.

Affected products

Samba: 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.2a, 3.0.3, 3.0.4 (+42)

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000002.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120524782005154&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/27450
http://secunia.com/advisories/27679
http://secunia.com/advisories/27682
http://secunia.com/advisories/27691
http://secunia.com/advisories/27701
http://secunia.com/advisories/27720
http://secunia.com/advisories/27731
http://secunia.com/advisories/27742

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