CVE-2003-0085

Exp

Buffer overflow in the SMB/CIFS packet fragment re-assembly code for SMB daemon (smbd) in Samba before 2.2.8, and Samba-TNG before 0.3.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Published: 2003-03-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2003-0085 is rated High Exploit Risk (91.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 86.07%, 99th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.01% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-0085

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16321 exploit_db edb 2010-04-28 Exploit-DB ↗
9936 exploit_db edb 2003-04-07 Exploit-DB ↗
22356 exploit_db edb 2003-03-15 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0085

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 84.07% 86.07% +2.01%
2 2025-03-29 86.07% 84.07% -2.01%
3 2025-03-17 — 86.07% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0085

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0085

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0085

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-0085 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (samba), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0085
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0085
suse critical — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0085/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0085

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
samba samba 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.0a cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.1a cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.3a cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.3a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 2.2.7a cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:2.2.7a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp cifs-9000_server a.01.05 cpe:2.3:a:hp:cifs-9000_server:a.01.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp cifs-9000_server a.01.06 cpe:2.3:a:hp:cifs-9000_server:a.01.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp cifs-9000_server a.01.07 cpe:2.3:a:hp:cifs-9000_server:a.01.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp cifs-9000_server a.01.08 cpe:2.3:a:hp:cifs-9000_server:a.01.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp cifs-9000_server a.01.08.01 cpe:2.3:a:hp:cifs-9000_server:a.01.08.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp cifs-9000_server a.01.09 cpe:2.3:a:hp:cifs-9000_server:a.01.09:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp cifs-9000_server a.01.09.01 cpe:2.3:a:hp:cifs-9000_server:a.01.09.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0085

URL Tags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030302-01-I
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104792646416629&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104792723017768&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104801012929374&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/8299
http://secunia.com/advisories/8303
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-262 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200303-11.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/298233 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:032
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_016_samba.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-095.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-096.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/316165/30/25370/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/317145/30/25220/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7106 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A552
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