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CVE-2019-12436

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-12436 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in Samba 4.10.x before 4.10.5, affecting Active Directory Domain Controller (AD DC) LDAP servers. An attacker with directory read access can exploit this flaw using a paged search control to trigger a Denial of Service. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), it requires low privileges and network access, leading to high availability impact. There is no public exploit code, and it is not known to be actively exploited, with minimal community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.10.0, < 4.10.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
19.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0284 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 21,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-12436Moderate

samba: NULL pointer dereference in Samba LDAP server leading to crash and Dos

Jun 19, 2019

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQ3LCJNJ3ONHIRKDSKOTT6QGXALLCHVG
usn.ubuntu.com / 4018-1
Third Party Advisory
samba.org / samba/security/CVE-2019-12436.html
Vendor Advisory
synology.com / security/advisory/Synology_SA_19_27
securityfocus.com / bid/108823