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CVE-2019-14833

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-14833 is a flaw in Samba versions 4.5.0 through 4.9.15, 4.10.10, and 4.11.2, where the Active Directory Domain Controller's custom password complexity script fails to properly validate non-ASCII characters, allowing weak passwords to be set. This vulnerability, affecting various Fedora and openSUSE Samba implementations, has a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium) due to its network-based attack vector and low privileges required, potentially leading to information disclosure and integrity issues through dictionary attacks. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, indicating a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.5.0, < 4.9.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.10.0, < 4.10.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.11.0, < 4.11.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.2MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0208 is in the 91st 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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-14833Moderate

samba: AD DC check password script does not receive full password when non-ASCII characters are used

Oct 29, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00015.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingMitigationPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00023.html
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00013.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OKPYHDFI7HRELVXBE5J4MTGSI35AKFBI
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UMIYCYXCPRTVCVZ3TP6ZGPJ6RZS3IX4G
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XQ3IUACPZJXSC4OM6P2V4IC4QMZQZWPD
samba.org / samba/security/CVE-2019-14833.html
MitigationVendor Advisory
synology.com / security/advisory/Synology_SA_19_35