CVE-2012-0870
HIGH · CVSS 7.9EPSS 6.4%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in process.c in smbd in Samba 3.0, as used in the file-sharing service on the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet before 2.0.0.7971 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a Batched (aka AndX) request that triggers infinite recursion.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 6.4% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0895)
- Published
- February 23, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0895 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- rim / blackberry playbook os
- rim / blackberry playbook os
- rim / blackberry playbook os
- rim / blackberry playbook os
- rim / blackberry playbook os
- rim / blackberry playbook os
- rim / blackberry playbook os
- rim / blackberry playbook os
- rim / blackberry playbook os
- rim / blackberry playbook os
- rim / blackberry playbook tablet
- samba / samba
References
- http://btsc.webapps.blackberry.com/btsc/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=KB29565(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00014.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48116
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48186
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48844
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48879
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1374-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=795509(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73361
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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