CVE-2012-0817
Memory leak in smbd in Samba 3.6.x before 3.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...
Memory leak in smbd in Samba 3.6.x before 3.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) by making many connection requests.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Memory leak in smbd in Samba 3.6.x before 3.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) by making many connection requests.
- Record
CVE-2012-0817- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Memory leak in smbd in Samba 3.6.x before 3.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) by making many connection requests.
- Record
CVE-2012-0817- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-0844 No score
Memory leak in smbd in Samba 3.6.x before 3.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) by making many connection requests.
- Record
EUVD-2012-0844- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mx9r-cchq-6rp6 No score
Memory leak in smbd in Samba 3.6.x before 3.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...
Memory leak in smbd in Samba 3.6.x before 3.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) by making many connection requests.
- Record
GHSA-mx9r-cchq-6rp6- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
Memory leak in smbd in Samba 3.6.x before 3.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) by making many connection requests.
- Record
CVE-2012-0817- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2012-0817 No score
Memory leak in smbd in Samba 3.6.x before 3.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) by making many connection requests.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0817- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10069-1 No score
ctdb-4.5.0-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the ctdb-4.5.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10069-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-0817 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Samba, published January 30, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.47%, the 89th percentile. Fixed in samba 2:3.6.3-1.
References
secunia.com/advisories/47763
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00014.html
samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.6.3.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-February/072930.html
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nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0817
github.com/advisories/GHSA-mx9r-cchq-6rp6
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0817
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1886