What is CVE-2022-32745?

CVE-2022-32745 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samba, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2022-08-25.

How severe is CVE-2022-32745?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Samba

CVE-2022-32745

A flaw was found in Samba. Samba AD users can cause the server to access uninitialized data with an LDAP add or modify the request, usually resulting in a segmentation fault.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2022-08-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.011 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Samba
Samba — versions Versions prior to samba 4.16.4, samba 4.15.9, samba 4.14.14

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2022-32745.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-32745?: CVE-2022-32745 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samba, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2022-08-25.
How severe is CVE-2022-32745?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.