What is CVE-2008-1105?

CVE-2008-1105 is a vulnerability in Samba, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2008-05-29.

Is CVE-2008-1105 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Samba

CVE-2008-1105

Heap-based buffer overflow in the receive_smb_raw function in util/sock.c in Samba 3.0.0 through 3.0.29 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SMB response.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2008-05-29 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.691 (99.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-18.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.691 · newest: 0.691 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Samba
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 6.06, 7.04, 7.10
Debian Linux — versions 4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0288.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/30478 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg01030.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/30396 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
support.apple.com/kb/HT2163 (Third Party Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/30489 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2639 (Permissions Required, vdb-entry)
securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
secunia.com/advisories/30835 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references (Permissions Required, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-1105?: CVE-2008-1105 is a vulnerability in Samba, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2008-05-29.
Is CVE-2008-1105 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.