Is CVE-2010-3069 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-3069 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-3069?

CVE-2010-3069 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2010-3069

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 10.1%EU EUVD

Stack-based buffer overflow in the (1) sid_parse and (2) dom_sid_parse functions in Samba before 3.5.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Windows Security ID (SID) on a file share.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 10.1% (96th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-3071)
Published: September 15, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3071 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
samba / samba

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-September/047650.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-September/047697.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-September/047758.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130835366526620&w=2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/41354(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/41447(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42531(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42885(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4723(Third Party Advisory)
http://us1.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.5.5.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://us1.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2010-3069.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0860.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515055/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43212(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024434(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-987-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0019.html(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2378(Permissions Required)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3126(Permissions Required)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0091(Permissions Required)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61773(VDB Entry)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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