Use After Free in Samba

CVE-2020-10700

A use-after-free flaw was found in the way samba AD DC LDAP servers, handled 'Paged Results' control is combined with the 'ASQ' control. A malicious user in a samba AD could use this flaw to cause denial of service. This issue affects all samba versions before 4.10.15, before 4.11.8 and before 4.12.2.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.020 (78.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10700?
CVE-2020-10700 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samba, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-05-04.
How severe is CVE-2020-10700?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-10700 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.