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Vulnerability details: VCID-g7ne-yht4-byb7
Vulnerability ID VCID-g7ne-yht4-byb7
Aliases CVE-2018-14629
Summary A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in Samba's LDAP server before versions 4.7.12, 4.8.7, and 4.9.3. A CNAME loop could lead to infinite recursion in the server. An unprivileged local attacker could create such an entry, leading to denial of service.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
System Score Found at
cvssv3 6.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-14629.json
epss 0.10736 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14629
epss 0.10736 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14629
epss 0.10736 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14629
epss 0.10736 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14629
epss 0.10917 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14629
epss 0.10917 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14629
epss 0.10917 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14629
epss 0.10917 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14629
epss 0.10917 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14629
epss 0.10917 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14629
epss 0.10917 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14629
epss 0.10917 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14629
epss 0.10917 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14629
epss 0.10917 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14629
epss 0.10917 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14629
epss 0.10917 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14629
epss 0.10917 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14629
epss 0.10917 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14629
epss 0.10917 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14629
epss 0.10917 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14629
epss 0.10917 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14629
epss 0.10917 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14629
epss 0.15671 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14629
epss 0.15671 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14629
cvssv3 6.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 4.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14629
cvssv3 6.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14629
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-823
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-14629.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14629
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14629
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14629
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16841
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16851
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00005.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0001/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4345
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-14629.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106022
1625449 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1625449
ASA-201811-22 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201811-22
AVG-823 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-823
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2018-14629 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14629
USN-3827-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3827-1/
USN-3827-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3827-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-14629.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14629
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14629
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.93054
EPSS Score 0.10736
Published At Sept. 13, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:28:22.954144+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.18/main.json 37.0.0