VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2007-0957

CVSS score9 HIGH
EPSS probability10.33%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-04-06
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the krb5_klog_syslog function in the kadm5 library, as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) and Key Distribution Center (KDC), in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code and modify the Kerberos key database via crafted arguments, possibly involving certain format string specifiers.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references