CVE-2007-5398: Samba

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 11.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the reply_netbios_packet function in nmbd/nmbd_packets.c in nmbd in Samba 3.0.0 through 3.0.26a, when operating as a WINS server, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted WINS Name Registration requests followed by a WINS Name Query request.

Affected products

• Samba Samba: version 3.0.0 only; version 3.0.1 only; version 3.0.2 only; version 3.0.2a only; version 3.0.3 only; version 3.0.4 only; …

Published 2007-11-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.