CVE-2004-0807

Samba 3.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory exhaustion) via certain malformed requests that cause new processes to be spawned and enter an infinite loop.

Published: 2004-09-13 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-0807 is rated Moderate Risk (47.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.50%, 92th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0807

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 2026-06-15 9.85% 5.50% -4.35%
2 2025-03-30 8.91% 9.85% +0.94%
3 2025-03-29 — 8.91% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0807

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0807

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0807

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-0807 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-2004-0807
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0807
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-0807 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (samba), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-0807

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0807

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
samba samba 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.2a cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.2a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi samba 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:samba:3.0:*:irix:*:*:*:*:*
sgi samba 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:samba:3.0.1:*:irix:*:*:*:*:*
sgi samba 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:samba:3.0.2:*:irix:*:*:*:*:*
sgi samba 3.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:samba:3.0.3:*:irix:*:*:*:*:*
sgi samba 3.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:samba:3.0.4:*:irix:*:*:*:*:*
sgi samba 3.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:samba:3.0.5:*:irix:*:*:*:*:*
sgi samba 3.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:samba:3.0.6:*:irix:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.0:*:amd64:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 8 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 8.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 8.2 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0807

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