VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2006-6143

CVSS score9.3 HIGH
EPSS probability8.12%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2006-12-31
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

The RPC library in Kerberos 5 1.4 through 1.4.4, and 1.5 through 1.5.1, as used in Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) and other products that use this library, calls an uninitialized function pointer in freed memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-824: Access of Uninitialized Pointer

Primary references