VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2007-2442

CVSS score10 HIGH
EPSS probability11.38%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-06-26
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

The gssrpc__svcauth_gssapi function in the RPC library in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.6.1 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a zero-length RPC credential, which causes kadmind to free an uninitialized pointer during cleanup.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-824: Access of Uninitialized Pointer

Primary references