Is CVE-2015-0240 actively exploited?

CVE-2015-0240 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-05-09.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-0240?

CVE-2015-0240 has a CVSS score of 10 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.

How do I patch CVE-2015-0240?

Patch guidance is available from redhat security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2015-0240.

CVE-2015-0240 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2015-0240?

96 products: redhat enterprise linux, redhat enterprise linux, redhat enterprise linux, samba samba, samba samba, and 91 more.

Description

The Netlogon server implementation in smbd in Samba 3.5.x and 3.6.x before 3.6.25, 4.0.x before 4.0.25, 4.1.x before 4.1.17, and 4.2.x before 4.2.0rc5 performs a free operation on an uninitialized stack pointer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted Netlogon packets that use the ServerPasswordSet RPC API, as demonstrated by packets reaching the _netr_ServerPasswordSet function in rpc_server/netlogon/srv_netlog_nt.c.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: low
Auth: none
Confidentiality: complete
Integrity: complete
Availability: complete
Weaknesses: CWE-17

Metadata

Primary Vendor: REDHAT
Published: 2/24/2015
Last Modified: 5/9/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

redhat : enterprise_linuxredhat : enterprise_linuxredhat : enterprise_linuxsamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambasamba : sambanovell : suse_linux_enterprise_desktopnovell : suse_linux_enterprise_servernovell : suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kitcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linux

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD