Is CVE-2014-0178 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-0178 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-0178?

CVE-2014-0178 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 3.5 (LOW).

CVE-2014-0178

LOW · CVSS 3.5EPSS 4.5%EU EUVD

Samba 3.6.6 through 3.6.23, 4.0.x before 4.0.18, and 4.1.x before 4.1.8, when a certain vfs shadow copy configuration is enabled, does not properly initialize the SRV_SNAPSHOT_ARRAY response field, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a (1) FSCTL_GET_SHADOW_COPY_DATA or (2) FSCTL_SRV_ENUMERATE_SNAPSHOTS request.

Key facts

CVSS score: 3.5 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-665
EPSS score: 4.5% (91th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-0230)
Published: May 28, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-0230 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

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References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0279.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136864.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134717.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59378(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59407(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59579(Third Party Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-15.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:136(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:082(Broken Link)
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-0178(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532757/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67686(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030308(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05115993(Third Party Advisory)

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

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