CVE-2025-9640

Published Oct 15, 2025

Last updated 5 days ago

CVSS medium 4.3
Smb

Overview

Description
A flaw was found in Samba, in the vfs_streams_xattr module, where uninitialized heap memory could be written into alternate data streams. This allows an authenticated user to read residual memory content that may include sensitive data, resulting in an information disclosure vulnerability.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Deferred

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
4.3
Impact score
1.4
Exploitability score
2.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

secalert@redhat.com
CWE-908
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CWE-908

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References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.